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xeroderma
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun xeroderma has 1 sense
- xeroderma(n = noun.state) xerodermia - a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin; Array is a kind of ichthyosis
has particulars: xeroderma pigmentosum
OXFORD DICTIONARY
xeroderma, n. any of various diseases characterized by extreme dryness of the skin, esp. ichthyosis.
Etymology
mod.L (as XERO-, Gk derma skin)
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