Crossword clues for xeroderma
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (label en pathology) any of various skin diseases characterised by dry hard scaly skin, especially ichthyosis
WordNet
n. a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin [syn: xerodermia]
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 on the scalp, lower legs, arms, hands, the knuckles, the sides of the abdomen, and thighs. Symptoms most associated with xeroderma are scaling (the visible peeling of the outer skin layer), itching, and skin cracking.
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—.