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Meaning of XERODERMA

Pronunciation:  `zeeru'durmu

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 Definition: [n]  abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin
 
 Synonyms: xerodermia
 
 See Also: dryness, waterlessness, xerotes

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Xe`ro*der"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? dry + ? skin.]
(Med.)
(a) Ichthyosis.
(b) A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous
    small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are
    subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin.

 

 

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