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pachulosis

pachulosis is the archaic form of pachylosis.

Meaning of pachylosis

Noun

pachylosis (uncountable)

  1. A hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.
    • As an inordinate production of epidermis dependent on hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin, it has a title to a place in this group, while its principal character, namly, that of thickening and condensation of the skin, seems to point to pachylosis (καχὸς, crassitudo) as a fitting description.1868, Erasmus Wilson, On diseases of the skin

Questions about pachulosis

What is pachulosis the archaic form of?
Pachulosis is the archaic form of pachylosis.

Words near pachulosis in the dictionary

  1. Pachuca
  2. Pachuca tank
  3. Pachuca tanks
  4. pachuco
  5. pachucos
  6. pachulosis
  7. pachy
  8. pachy-
  9. pachyblepharon
  10. pachybrachine
  11. pachycarpous

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