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Complete Definition of "ichthyosis"

English

Etymology
Modern Latin, from ichthyo- + -osis.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ɪkθɪ'��sɪs/

Noun
en-noun|ichthyos|es

  1. medicine a disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin

#*1926: 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. � Arthur Conan Doyle, �The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier� (Norton 2005, p. 1506)

Category:Diseases

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