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Webster 1913 Edition


Ichthyosis


Ichˊthy-o′sis

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἰχθύσ
fish.]
(Med.)
A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; – called also
fishskin
.
Ichˊthy-ot′ic
(#)
,
Adj.

Definition 2024


ichthyosis

ichthyosis

English

Noun

ichthyosis (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoses)

  1. (pathology) 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.

Translations

Derived terms

  • dysplastic ichthyosis
  • harlequin ichthyosis, harlequin type ichthyosis
  • ichthyosis bullosa
  • ichthyosis congenita
  • ichthyosis fetalis
  • ichthyosis hystrix
  • ichthyosis vulgaris
  • lamellar ichthyosis