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WHO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION 183Code Term Chinese Definition/Description3.2.79 oxhide lichen 牛 皮 癬3.2.80 psoriasis 白 疕 ; 松 皮 癬3.2.81 seborrheic dermatitis 面 遊 風3.2.82 acne 粉 刺 ; 酒 刺3.2.83 alopecia 油 風3.2.84 erythema multiforme 貓 眼 瘡3.2.85 erythema nodosum 瓜 藤 纏3.2.86 skin impediment 皮 痹3.2.87 hemorrhoid 痔3.2.88 internal hemorrhoid 內 痔3.2.89 external hemorrhoid 外 痔3.2.90 anal fistula 肛 漏 ; 肛 瘻chronic disorder of the skin characterized by patchesof itching lichenoid eruption resembling cattle hide,referring to neurodermatitisa chronic skin disease marked by rounded,circumscribed, erythematous, dry, scaling patches,covered by silvery white, lamellar scales, resemblingthe bark of a pine treea chronic inflammation of the skin marked by excessivesecretion of sebuma chronic inflammatory disease of the follicles andsebaceous glands, occurring on the face, chest andbacka disease marked by sudden patchy loss of hair, whichusually occurs in sharply defined areas, referring toalopecia areataan acute self-limited inflammatory skin diseasecharacterized by sudden onset of erythematousmacular, bullous, papular, or vesicular eruptiona skin disease which most often affects young womenand is characterized by the development of crops oftransient, inflammatory nodules that are usually tender,multiple, and bilateral, most commonly located onthe shinsa disease characterized by hardening and thickeningof the skin, followed by atrophy at the late stage,referring to sclerodermavaricose dilatation of a vein of the superior or inferiorhemorrhoidal plexusvaricose dilatation of a vein of the superiorhemorrhoidal plexus, situated proximal to thepectinate linevaricose dilatation of a vein of the inferior hemorrhoidalplexus, situated distal to the pectinate linea fistula opening on the cutaneous surface near theanus, which may communicate with the rectum