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chloracne (medicine) and Neumann (iou)


chloracne (medicine)


chloracne


An occupational acne-like eruption due to prolonged contact with certain chlorinated compounds (naphthalenes and diphenyls); keratinous plugs (comedones) form in the pilosebaceous orifices, and variously sized small papules (2 to 4 mm) develop.

Synonym: chlorine acne, tar acne.


Neumann (iou)



Neumann noun. L19.
[F. E. Neumann (1798-1895), German mineralogist and physicist.]
Used attrib. to designate narrow bands, lines, or lamellae parallel to crystallographic planes which are seen in -iron (ferrite) subjected to a sudden shock, and are usu. attributed to twinning.