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    XERODERMA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skinplay

    Synonyms:

    xeroderma; xerodermia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

    ichthyosis (any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish)

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

    xeroderma pigmentosum (a rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn; inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair processes are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light)

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