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Ichthyosis

//ɪkθɪˈəʊsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin, from ichthyo- + -osis.

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