dyskeratosis

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dews-?

Proto-Indo-European *dus-

Proto-Hellenic *dus-

Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der.

New Latin dys-der.

English dys-

English keratosis

English dyskeratosis

From dys- + keratosis.

Noun

dyskeratosis (countable and uncountable, plural dyskeratoses)

1. (medicine) Incomplete or abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum.

Derived terms

• dyskeratosis congenita
• dyskerin