Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A congenital, often hereditary skin disease marked by dry, thickened, scaly skin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a congenital disease of the epidermis, in which it presents the form of hard dry scales and plates. Also called
fish-skin disease .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also
fishskin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish
Etymologies
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Examples
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A physician used hypnosis to improve by 90 percent a congenital disease known as ichthyosis, or fish skin disease; in this affliction the skin becomes black and scaly.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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A physician used hypnosis to improve by 90 percent a congenital disease known as ichthyosis, or fish skin disease; in this affliction the skin becomes black and scaly.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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A physician used hypnosis to improve by 90 percent a congenital disease known as ichthyosis, or fish skin disease; in this affliction the skin becomes black and scaly.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Ichthyosis is a disease of the skin characterized by a morbid development of the papillæ and thickening of the epidermic lamellæ; according as the skin is affected over a larger or smaller area, or only the epithelial lining of the follicles, it is known as ichthyosis diffusa, or ichthyosis follicularis.
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Ichthyosis is a disease of the skin characterized by a morbid development of the papillae and thickening of the epidermic lamellae; according as the skin is affected over a larger or smaller area, or only the epithelial lining of the follicles, it is known as ichthyosis diffusa, or ichthyosis follicularis.
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"A decoction of its root is highly efficacious in obstinate cases of the kind of skin disease called ichthyosis, and when taken in large quantity -- as well, indeed, as the decoction of any of the fusiform dockroots -- it acts as a purgative, in the same manner as the powder or the tincture of Turkey rhubarb."
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However, some people suffer from a severe form of dry skin called ichthyosis vulgaris.
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More serious dry skin conditions, such as the inherited group of disorders called ichthyosis, can sometimes be disfiguring enough to cause psychological distress.
Find Me A Cure 2008
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It occurs to some extent in certain systemic diseases and also in some affections of the skin, such as ichthyosis; nerve-injuries may give rise to localized sweat-suppression.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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If you have more serious skin diseases, such as ichthyosis or psoriasis, your doctor may prescribe prescription creams and ointments or other treatments in addition to home care.
Find Me A Cure 2008
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