ephelisn.

1756 J. Greive tr. Celsus Of Med. vi. v. 327 It is almost a folly to cure vari, lenticulæ and ephelides; but 'tis impossible to prevent women from being nice in what regards their beauty.

1756 J. Greive tr. Celsus Of Med. vi. v. 327 An ephelis is cured by resin.

1813 T. Bateman Pract. Synopsis Cutaneous Dis. viii. 317 The term Ephelis denotes not only the freckles..which appear on persons of fair skin, and the larger brown patches, which likewise arise from exposure to the direct rays of the sun, as the name imports; but also those large dusky patches, which are very similar in appearance, but occur on other parts of the surface, which are constantly covered.

1813 T. Bateman Pract. Synopsis Cutaneous Dis. viii. 318 Sauvages has improperly classed with Ephelis, the mottled, and dusky red hue of the shins of those, who expose their legs constantly to strong fires in the winter; and also the livid patches of scurvy.

1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 70 Ephelis diffusa, an eruption of distinct or confluent large, irregular, round patches, of a tawny, yellow, or brown colour.

1908 Practitioner Aug. 348 Some dermatologists include freckles, lentigo, or ephelides under the heading of sexual pigmentation.

1954 O. S. Ormsby & H. Montgomery Dis. Skin (ed. 8) v. 703 Ephelides do not occur on the palms or soles.

1961 P. Borrie Roxburgh's Common Skin Dis. (ed. 12) xx. 370 When heat is applied frequently to the skin..a dark brown network is formed, the so-called Ephelis ab igne.