Ichthyosis

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

Modern Latin, from ichthyo- + -osis.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɪkθɪ'əʊsɪs/

Noun

Singular ichthyosis

Plural ichthyoses

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)