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Abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin
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xeroderma
Word definitions for xeroderma in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1848, from xero- + derma .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin [syn: xerodermia ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Xeroderma \Xe`ro*der"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? dry + ? skin.] (Med.) Ichthyosis. A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (label en pathology) any of various skin diseases characterised by dry hard scaly skin, especially ichthyosis
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Xeroderma or xerodermia (also known as xerosis cutis ), derived from the Greek words for "dry skin ", is a condition involving the integumentary system , which in most cases can safely be treated with emollients or moisturizers . Xeroderma occurs most commonly ...
Usage examples of xeroderma.
Such a skin affection, known as icthyosis, xerosis or xeroderma, is usually due to heredity.
I have xeroderma pigmentosum-XP for short-a rare and frequently fatal genetic disorder.
Xeroderma pigmentosumxp for those who aren't able to tie their tongues in knots is an inherited genetic disorder that I share with an exclusive club of only one thousand other Americans.
More extraordinary than surviving twenty-eight years unscathed by xeroderma pigmentosum.
In spite of xeroderma pigmentosum, I'd be grateful to survive to relish the sweet decrepitude of my eightieth year, or even the delicious weakness of one whose birthday cake is ablaze with a hundred dangerous candles.
Then, five years later, Edwina had taken on the identity of an unrelated two-year old child, Elizabeth Smith, who had suffered from xeroderma pigmentosum—.