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ICHTHYOSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does ichthyosis mean?

• ICHTHYOSIS (noun)
The noun ICHTHYOSIS has 1 sense:

1. any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is fishlike (dry and scaly)

Familiarity information: ICHTHYOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ICHTHYOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is fishlike (dry and scaly)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ichthyosis" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ichthyosis"):

xeroderma; xerodermia (a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin)

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