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pachylosis

pachylosis noun: a hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.

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
    • The majority of them had capillaries dilatation with pigmentation spots. The skin texture of some patients had subtle changes like pachylosis and deepened dermatoglyph, which were invisible for naked eyes.2012 August, WF Zha, WM Song, JJ Ai, AE Xu, “Mobile connected dermatoscope and confocal laser scanning microscope: a useful combination applied in facial simple sensitive skin.”, in International...

Forms of pachylosis

alternative formpachulosis

Origin of pachylosis

From pachy- + -osis.

Questions about pachylosis

What does pachylosis mean?
Pachylosis means a hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.
What part of speech is pachylosis?
Pachylosis is a noun.

Words near pachylosis in the dictionary

  1. pachydiscids
  2. pachyglossia
  3. pachygyria
  4. pachylaelapid
  5. pachylaelapids
  6. pachylosis
  7. pachymaran
  8. pachymeningeal
  9. pachymeninges
  10. pachymeningitic
  11. pachymeningitis

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