versicolor
Americanadjective
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changeable in color.
versicolor skies.
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of various colors; parti-colored.
a versicolor flower arrangement.
Etymology
Origin of versicolor
1620–30; < Latin, equivalent to vers ( us ) past participle of vertere to turn ( see verse) + -i- -i- + color color
Example Sentences
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He still had access to the university’s considerable research databases, which meant he could help her look up articles on Tinea versicolor.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
After consulting her dermatologist, Simpson-Einziger was diagnosed with a temporary fungal infection called Tinea versicolor, which can lighten or darken skin pigmentation as a result of humidity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
It can also help control another fungal infection called tinea versicolor that causes discolored skin patches.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022
On a particularly hot day, Joy opened her chest to discover that her beloved Gummis had melted into a giant versicolor orb.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2016
Tinea versicolor is a vegetable-parasitic disease of the skin, characterized by variously-sized and shaped, slightly scaly, macular patches of a yellowish-fawn color, and occurring for the most part upon the upper portion of the trunk.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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