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KERATOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("keratosis" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "keratosis"):

verruca; wart ((pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus)

actinic keratosis (an overgrowth of skin layers resulting from extended exposure to the sun)

keratoderma blennorrhagica; keratosis blennorrhagica (skin disease characterized by a scaly rash on the palms and soles; associated with Reiter's syndrome)

Darier's disease; keratosis follicularis (a rare hereditary condition marked by dark crusted patches (sometimes containing pus))

keratosis pilaris (keratosis characterized by hard conical elevations in the openings of sebaceous glands (especially of arms and thighs))

seborrheic keratosis (a skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crust)

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 Context examples: 

Upon subcutaneous administration, the active ingredient in AK 3012 may inhibit actinic keratosis.

(AK 3012, NCI Thesaurus)