XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

xeroderma; xerodermia (a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin)

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