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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin;
[syn: xeroderma, xerodermia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Xeroderma \Xe`ro*der"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xhro`s dry + de`rma skin.] (Med.) (a) Ichthyosis. (b) A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

xeroderma n 1: a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin [syn: xeroderma, xerodermia]