See Also: photosensitivity disorders(medicine)
photosensitivity(medicine)
sex disorders(medicine)
tic disorders(medicine)
leukocyte disorders(medicine)
polygenic disorders(medicine)
psychomotor disorders(medicine)
psychosexual disorders(medicine)
psychotic disorders(medicine)
puerperal disorders(medicine)

houhere (iou) and photosensitivity disorders (medicine)


houhere (iou)



houhere noun. L19.
[Maori, from hou bind together + here tie.]
Any of several small New Zealand trees constituting the genus Hoheria, of the mallow family, whose bark supplies a fibre resembling raffia.

photosensitivity disorders (medicine)


photosensitivity disorders
Abnormal responses to sunlight or artificial light due to extreme reactivity of light-absorbing molecules in tissues. It refers almost exclusively to skin photosensitivity, including sunburn, reactions due to repeated prolonged exposure in the absence of photosensitizing factors, and reactions requiring photosensitizing factors such as photosensitizing agents and certain diseases. With restricted Reference to skin tissue, it does not include photosensitivity of the eye to light, as in photophobia or photosensitive epilepsy.