ichthyosis

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ichthyosis

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Etymology

From New Latin, from ichthyo- +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkθɪˈəʊsɪs/

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Noun

ichthyosis (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoses)

1. (pathology) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.

   Synonym: fishskin disease

   • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, Norton, published 2005, page 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.

Derived terms

• dysplastic ichthyosis
• harlequin ichthyosis, harlequin-type ichthyosis
• ichthyosiform
• ichthyosis bullosa
• ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens
• ichthyosis congenita
• ichthyosis fetalis
• ichthyosis hystrix
• ichthyosis vulgaris
• keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
• lamellar ichthyosis

Translations

disease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin

Catalan: ictiosi f Chinese: Mandarin: 魚鱗病 / 鱼鳞病 (yúlínbìng) Czech: ichtyóza f Finnish: suomutauti French: ichtyose (fr) f Galician: ictiose (gl) f German: Ichthyose f Italian: ittiosi (it) f Japanese: 魚鱗癬 (ぎょりんせん, gyorinsen) Portuguese: ictiose f Russian: ихтио́з (ru) m (ixtióz) Spanish: ictiosis (es) f