acanthosis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From acanth- + -osis (“diseased condition”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]acanthosis (plural acanthoses)
- (pathology) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.[First attested in the late 19th century.][2]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum
References
[edit]- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “acanthosis”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.