See Also: organoid nevus(medicine)
organoid(medicine)
organoid(dictionary)
organoid tumour(medicine)
Nevus(medicine)
Ito's nevus(medicine)
Nevus(health)
nevus of ota(medicine)
Ota's nevus(medicine)
nevus comedonicus(medicine)

yuzen (iou) and organoid nevus (medicine)


yuzen (iou)



yuzen noun. E20.
[from Miyazaki Yuzen-sai (fl. mid 18th cent.), Japanese inventor of the process.]
Used attrib. to designate (designs produced by) a technique of dyeing silk in which rice-paste is applied to areas which are not to be dyed.

organoid nevus (medicine)


organoid nevus -->
nevus sebaceus
Congenital papillary acanthosis of the epidermis, with hyperplasia of sebaceous glands developing at puberty and presence of apocrine glands in non-apocrine areas of the skin (commonly the scalp). A variety of epithelial tumours may arise from a nevus sebaceus in adult life, most commonly basal cell carcinoma.

Synonym: Jadassohn's nevus, organoid nevus.