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ichthyosis

icht·hyo·sis

UK/ɪkθɪˈəʊsɪs/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is fishlike (dry and scaly)

Origin

From New Latin, from ichthyo- + -osis.

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