discoid
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But more significantly, another joke at singer Seal’s expense was not about his race — it was about his FACE, which is scarred by a type of lupus called discoid lupus erythematous.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2016
Let Me In closes the album in darkly shimmering style, the epic climax to 43 minutes of discoid posturing and deathless yearning.
From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2011
His dermatologist, Dr Arnold Klein, has said that around the same time Jackson had also been diagnosed with discoid lupus, an auto-immune disease that causes skin lesions, loss of pigment and permanent alopecia.
From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2010
P. 5-7 cm. viscid with tough gluten, discoid, at length wavy, crust-colour, adglutinated and silky at edge, then glabrous; g. crowded, broad, reddish white then tan; s. 4-7 cm. silky-white, apex pruinose; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
We have noted this phenomenon in such crozier forms as Peneroplis, as well as in discoid forms; it is very frequent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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