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XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn; inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair processes are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("xeroderma pigmentosum" is a kind of...):
xeroderma; xerodermia (a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin)
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