keratosis

English

Etymology

kerat- +‎ -osis

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɛɹəˈtəʊsɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɛɹəˈtoʊsɪs/

Noun

keratosis (countable and uncountable, plural keratoses)

1. (medicine) The condition of having keratin growing on the skin.

Derived terms

• acrokeratosis
• actinic keratosis
• angiokeratosis
• dyskeratosis
• hyperkeratosis
• keratosic
• keratosis obturans
• keratosis pilaris
• leukokeratosis
• orthokeratosis
• parakeratosis
• porokeratosis
• seborrheic keratosis

 

Related terms

• keratose

Translations

condition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角化症 (jiǎohuàzhèng)

• Finnish: keratoosi
• French: kératose (fr) f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: dày sừng