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ACTINIC KERATOSIS
- A skin lesion that is abnormally sensitive to the effects of ultraviolet light (sunlight); thought to be a precancerous skin lesion that is more common in the fair-skinned or elderly individual.
- Usage: Story on skin cancer prevention during the summer season.
Source: National Cancer Institute On-line Medical Dictionary.
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BERSERK
- Destructively or frenetically violent; mentally or emotionally upset, deranged.
- Usage: Report on attempted hijacking of a Qantas Airlines flight in Australia.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
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