Fitzpatrick scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A numerical classification schema for human skin color.

Word forms

Fitzpatrick scale the Fitzpatrick scale

Etymology

Developed in 1975 by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, a Harvard dermatologist.

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