Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An affection of the horny layer of the skin marked by a depressed area bounded by an irregular raised ridge.
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- noun pathology A disorder of
keratinization that is characterized by the presence of a cornoid lamella, a thin column of closely stacked, parakeratotic cells extending through the stratum corneum with a thin or absent granular layer.
Etymologies
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poro- + keratosis
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Examples
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Mibelli 16.5 describes an uncommon form of keratodermia (porokeratosis).
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Mibelli describes an uncommon form of keratodermia (porokeratosis).
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Tucker said he also was the first to describe and name disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, a condition considered a precursor to skin cancer and characterized by reddish brown scaly spots.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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