ichthyosis

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from ichthyo- +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkθɪˈəʊsɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

ichthyosis (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoses)

1. (pathology) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
   • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, Norton, published 2005, page 1506:

     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.

Derived terms

• dysplastic ichthyosis
• harlequin ichthyosis, harlequin-type ichthyosis
• ichthyosis bullosa
  • ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens
• ichthyosis congenita
• ichthyosis fetalis
• ichthyosis hystrix
• ichthyosis vulgaris
• lamellar ichthyosis

Translations

disease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin

• Catalan: ictiosi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魚鱗病 / 鱼鳞病 (yúlínbìng)

• Czech: ichtyóza f
• Finnish: suomutauti
• French: ichtyose (fr) f
• Galician: ictiose (gl) f
• German: Ichthyose f
• Italian: ittiosi (it) f
• Japanese: 魚鱗癬 (ぎょりんせん, gyorinsen)
• Portuguese: ictiose f
• Russian: ихтио́з (ru) m (ixtióz)
• Spanish: ictiosis (es) f