acantholysis

English

Etymology

acanth (“spine”) +‎ -lysis (“destruction”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /æˌkænˈθɑ.lə.sɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːləsɪs

Noun

acantholysis (usually uncountable, plural acantholyses)

  1. (medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.

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References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)

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