What's the difference between discoloration and freckle?

Discoloration


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.
  • (n.) A discolored spot; a stain.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Discoloration and pulpal obliteration were the major manifestations.
  • (2) The etched porcelain laminate veneer is a new conservative treatment that offers a solution to fractured, discolored, and worn anterior teeth.
  • (3) In a relative safe way many types of discoloration can be treated.
  • (4) Treatment did not influence total or percent discolored areas.
  • (5) After 24 h, the extensor digitorum longus and tibialis anterior muscles appeared grossly swollen (edematous) and discolored.
  • (6) Scar tissue and leukoderma-type discoloration of the skin due to deep burns are treated by dermabrasion and thin split-thickness skin-graft application.
  • (7) The test strips are not absolutely yeastspecific, since problem organisms and molds may cause a brown discoloration.
  • (8) Interest in the use of bleaching for treatment of discolored teeth is increasing.
  • (9) The discolored area had enlarged during a recent pregnancy, contained multiple subcutaneous nodules, demonstrated increased cellularity and mitotic activity, and was associated with an axillary lymph node containing black streaks within the capsule.
  • (10) Subjects who developed dark brownish discoloration on the facial surfaces of their anterior teeth during a 3-week period following professional cleaning of the teeth were selected for study.
  • (11) The hearts of these rats were enlarged and discolored.
  • (12) The surgical procedure consisted of debriding muscle tissue which showed impaired contractility, consistency, discoloration or lack of capillary bleeding--current criteria of non-viability.
  • (13) The second group included generally younger patients (average age 2.9 years) in whom misformulation of rifampicin preparations for treatment of Haemophilus influenzae Type B resulted in bright reddish-orange discoloration to the skin.
  • (14) Circumpulpal discoloration commenced on the sixth day postmortem and increased to 18 days.
  • (15) A yellow compound was isolated from commercially available, discolored, polyethylene ophthalmic closures containing titanium dioxide and butylated hydroxytoluene (I).
  • (16) A weak chelator did not alter the discoloration tendency.
  • (17) Five patients are reported in whom brownish grey discoloration occurred on the light-exposed parts of the dermis after long-term amiodarone-medication.
  • (18) Chicks exhibited cerebellar and cerebral encephalitis characterized by brown-red discoloration of affected brain tissue.
  • (19) The risk factors studied included: donor parameters (age, sex, cause of death, haemodynamic parameters and renal function); retrieval parameters (kidney alone or multiorgan harvesting, discoloration and renal perfusion quality); organ characteristics (multiple arteries and cold ischemia time); recipients parameters (age, sex, prior transplantation, local transplantation or not, and HLA matching).
  • (20) With the breakdown of trapped hemoglobin, iron-containing hemosiderin is stored in synovial tissue producing rusty discoloration and proliferative reaction.

Freckle


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.
  • (v. t.) Any small spot or discoloration.
  • (v. t.) To spinkle or mark with freckle or small discolored spots; to spot.
  • (v. i.) To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The authors conclude the sun-induced freckles in the young may consist of a hyperplasia of melanocytes (i.e., similar to solar lentigines in the elderly), sometimes with cellular atypia, and that these findings may be relevant to melanocytic neoplasia.
  • (2) The patient had mild clinical symptoms consisting of numerous pigmented freckles and a small number of seborrheic keratosis-like papules.
  • (3) A 43-year-old man with xeroderma pigmentosum, XP97TO, was allocated to complementation group D. He had had moderate photosensitivity at age 1 year and freckles by age 6 but no neurologic abnormalities.
  • (4) The patient had manifested moderate solar sensitivity and freckles by the age of 6 years.
  • (5) Clinical manifestation of neurofibromatosis include multiple cafe-au-lait spots, axillary freckles, congenital glaucoma, relative macrocephaly, radiologic findings of overtubulation of the long bones, and precocious puberty.
  • (6) Recognition of mucosal freckling around the appendiceal orifice helps identify the cecum and may be useful in the evaluation of cecal and appendiceal pathology.
  • (7) Freckling was positively correlated with higher counts; the severe freckling group had an estimated ratio of 1.9 (95% CI 1.3-2.8) compared with those with no or very few freckles.
  • (8) The index of agreement (calculated as the intra-class correlation coefficient) was 59.7% and 69.0% for freckling on the right forearm and on the shoulders, respectively; agreement was above 50% for only one of six pairs of clinicians in examining freckling on the right forearm, while agreement was above 50% for four of the six pairs of clinicians in examination of freckling on the shoulder.
  • (9) While my pink, freckled body is blank and pictureless, my father's is an ink-splattered historical document.
  • (10) And, yes, he could also look splendidly odd, with his windbeaten thatch of sandy hair, porcine eyes and a freckled face that would glow puce and glossy with rage.
  • (11) "Sure, there's no time limit," a red-haired freckled-faced teenager had told us as she showed Rex and me to our bedsit-sized cubicle.
  • (12) In 508 students the burning-tanning histories were compared with eye and hair color, freckling tendency, and number of moles.
  • (13) Computerized image analysis was used to compare lentigines (brown freckle-like cutaneous spots) induced by treatment with psoralens and ultraviolet light A (PUVA-induced lentigines) with those induced by solar exposure (actinic lentigines).
  • (14) It may have been, in part, an artefact due to increased recognition of Hutchinson's melanotic freckle in this sub-group of the population.
  • (15) Focused and defocused modes were applied to various lesions ranging from cysts to freckles.
  • (16) With the job all but done, Mayweather slid and ran, Alvarez kept lunging, his allotted time now down to three minutes, the frustration painted on his freckled face.
  • (17) In childhood the incidence of IH exceeds that of cutaneous neurofibromas and axillary freckling.
  • (18) This means that phenotypic characters suggest low MED values only in individuals with red hair, blue eyes and many freckles.
  • (19) In 15% of these the histogenetic pattern of Hutchinson's melanotic freckle could be observed in the epidermis, adjacent to the invasive melanoma.
  • (20) Additionally, children with freckles have higher mean nevus count in every category of skin complexion.