ichthyosis
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪkθɪˈəʊsɪs/
Noun

ichthyosis

  1. (disease) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
    • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 1506:
      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.
Translations
  • French: ichtyose
  • German: Ichthyose
  • Portuguese: ictiose
  • Russian: ихтио́з
  • Spanish: ictiosis



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