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[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]