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xerosis

xerosis noun: dryness.

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

xerosis meaning in Tamil

xerosis in Tamil

உயிர்ச்சத்து குறைநோய், தோல் வறட்சி, வறட்சி

Forms of xerosis

pluralxeroses

Origin of xerosis

From xero- + -osis.

Questions about xerosis

What does xerosis mean?
Xerosis means dryness.
What is xerosis in Tamil?
Xerosis in Tamil is உயிர்ச்சத்து குறைநோய், தோல் வறட்சி, வறட்சி. See Xerosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is xerosis?
Xerosis is a noun.
What is the plural of xerosis?
The plural of xerosis is xeroses.

Words near xerosis in the dictionary

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

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