ichthyosis

English

Etymology

New Latin, from ichthyo- +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkθɪˈəʊsɪs/

Noun

ichthyosis (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoses)

1. (pathology) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
   • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 1506:

     A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scale-like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly non-infective.

Derived terms

• dysplastic ichthyosis
• harlequin ichthyosis, harlequin type ichthyosis
• ichthyosis bullosa
• ichthyosis congenita
• ichthyosis fetalis
• ichthyosis hystrix
• ichthyosis vulgaris
• lamellar ichthyosis

Translations

disease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin

• Catalan: ictiosi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魚鱗病／鱼鳞病, 鱼鳞病 (yúlínbìng)

• Czech: ichtyóza f
• Finnish: suomutauti
• French: ichtyose (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Galician: ictiose (gl) f
• German: Ichthyose f
• Japanese: 魚鱗癬 (ぎょりんせん, gyorinsen)
• Portuguese: ictiose f
• Russian: ихтио́з (ru) m (ixtióz)
• Spanish: ictiosis (es) f