peau d'o·range (p  dô-rä zh )n. A swollen pitted skin surface overlying carcinoma of the breast in which there is both stromal infiltration and lymphatic obstruction with edema. |
peau d'orange
[pō′dôräNzh′]
Etymology: Fr, skin of orange
a dimpling of the skin that gives it the appearance of the skin of an orange. It is common in advanced breast cancer.
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