[ noun ] a skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance <noun.state>
Most people with rosacea don't even know it is treatable, said Dr. Jonathan Wilkin, director of dermatology at Ohio State University, who joined Curatek officials at a news conference announcing the drug.
"Fields entrenched the notion that people who have rosacea are abusing alcohol," Wilkin said.