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xeroses

xeroses is the plural of xerosis.

Meaning of xerosis

Noun

xerosis (countable and uncountable, plural xeroses)

  1. Dryness.
    • Xerosis is a consequence of the skin's loss of natural moisturizing factors and loss of moisture from the stratum corneum and intercellular matrix (Hill, 2008).2015, Ruth Bryant, Denise Nix, Acute and Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts, page 271

Questions about xeroses

What is xeroses the plural of?
Xeroses is the plural of xerosis.

Words near xeroses in the dictionary

  1. xerorthent
  2. xerorthents
  3. xeroseral
  4. xerosere
  5. xeroseres
  6. xeroses
  7. xerosis
  8. xerosol
  9. xerosols
  10. xerosphere
  11. xerospheres

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