See Also: solar cheilitis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Cheilitis(health)
cheilitis(medicine)
cheilitis exfoliativa(medicine)
cheilitis glandularis(medicine)
cheilitis granulomatosa(medicine)
cheilitis venenata(medicine)
angular cheilitis(medicine)
commissural cheilitis(medicine)

solar cheilitis (medicine)


solar cheilitis
Mucosal atrophy with drying, crusting, and fissuring of the vermillion border of the lower lip in older individuals, resulting from chronic exposure to sunlight; dysplastic (premalignant) changes are noted microscopically, analogous to solar keratosis.

Synonym: actinic cheilitis.