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xeroderma pigmentosum
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Noun xeroderma pigmentosum has 1 sense
- xeroderma pigmentosum(n = noun.state) Array - a rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn; inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair processes are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light; Array is a kind of xeroderma, xerodermia
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