Pachylosis

Quick meaning: Pachylosis is a noun meaning (medicine) A hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.

Meaning

(medicine) A hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.

Example Sentences

The majority of them had capillaries dilatation with pigmentation spots. The skin texture of some patients had subtle changes like pachylosis and deepened dermatoglyph, which were invisible for naked eyes.

As an inordinate production of epidermis dependent on hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin, it has a title to a place in this group, while its principal character, namly, that of thickening and condensation of the skin, seems to point to pachylosis (καχὸς, crassitudo) as a fitting description.

Word Forms

• pachulosis

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pachulosis, pachyderma, pachydermy, pachydermia, acropachyderma, pachyonychia.

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