Word.ws English Dictionary

Mendes da Costa syndrome

Mendes da Costa syndrome noun: a rare genetic skin disorder characterized by hyperkeratosis, lesions, or dark markings on the skin; erythrokeratodermia variabilis.

Noun

Mendes da Costa syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare genetic skin disorder characterized by hyperkeratosis, lesions, or dark markings on the skin; erythrokeratodermia variabilis.

Origin of Mendes da Costa syndrome

Named for Dutch physician Samuel Mendes da Costa, who described the syndrome in 1925.

Questions about Mendes da Costa syndrome

What does Mendes da Costa syndrome mean?
Mendes da Costa syndrome means a rare genetic skin disorder characterized by hyperkeratosis, lesions, or dark markings on the skin; erythrokeratodermia variabilis.
What part of speech is Mendes da Costa syndrome?
Mendes da Costa syndrome is a noun.

Words near Mendes da Costa syndrome in the dictionary

  1. menderies
  2. menders
  3. Menderson
  4. mendery
  5. Mendes
  6. Mendes da Costa syndrome
  7. Mendesian
  8. Mendesians
  9. mendest
  10. mendeth
  11. Mendez

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Mendes da Costa syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Mendes da Costa syndrome.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/mendes_da_costa_syndrome. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.