ichthyosis
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkθɪˈəʊsɪs/
Noun
ichthyosis (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoses)
- (medicine) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
- 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 1506:
- A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scale-like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly non-infective.
- 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 1506:
Derived terms
- dysplastic ichthyosis
- harlequin ichthyosis, harlequin type ichthyosis
- ichthyosis bullosa
- ichthyosis congenita
- ichthyosis fetalis
- ichthyosis hystrix
- ichthyosis vulgaris
- lamellar ichthyosis
Translations
disease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
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