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XERODERMIA

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

1. a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin

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

• XERODERMIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

xeroderma; xerodermia

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

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

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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