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noun
The condition of having keratin growing on the skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder
Narrower terms: wart, verruca, actinic keratosis, keratosis blennorrhagica, keratoderma blennorrhagica, keratosis follicularis, Darier's disease, keratosis pilaris, seborrheic keratosis
History
From kerat- + -osis.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
