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XERODERMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin
Synonyms:
xeroderma; xerodermia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("xerodermia" is a kind of...):
ichthyosis (any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "xerodermia"):
xeroderma pigmentosum (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)
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