ichthyosis
IPA: ˈɪtʃtjˈoʊsʌs
noun
- (pathology) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
Examples of "ichthyosis" in Sentences
- Ichthyosis prematurity syndrome.
- There is no way to prevent ichthyosis.
- Hystrix like ichthyosis with deafness syndrome.
- For this reason it is known as common ichthyosis.
- Ichthyosis follicularis with alopecia and photophobia syndrome.
- A doctor usually can diagnose ichthyosis by looking at the skin.
- For severe types of ichthyosis, oral retinoids may be prescribed.
- A physician often can diagnose ichthyosis by looking at the skin.
- Harlequin syndrome should not redirect to Harlequin type ichthyosis.
- Diabetes has not been linked to acquired ichthyosis or ichthyosis vulgaris.
- However, some people suffer from a severe form of dry skin called ichthyosis vulgaris.
- More serious dry skin conditions, such as the inherited group of disorders called ichthyosis, can sometimes be disfiguring enough to cause psychological distress.
- A physician used hypnosis to improve by 90 percent a congenital disease known as ichthyosis, or fish skin disease; in this affliction the skin becomes black and scaly.
- It occurs to some extent in certain systemic diseases and also in some affections of the skin, such as ichthyosis; nerve-injuries may give rise to localized sweat-suppression.
- If you have more serious skin diseases, such as ichthyosis or psoriasis, your doctor may prescribe prescription creams and ointments or other treatments in addition to home care.
- Ichthyosis is a disease of the skin characterized by a morbid development of the papillæ and thickening of the epidermic lamellæ; according as the skin is affected over a larger or smaller area, or only the epithelial lining of the follicles, it is known as ichthyosis diffusa, or ichthyosis follicularis.
- Ichthyosis is a disease of the skin characterized by a morbid development of the papillae and thickening of the epidermic lamellae; according as the skin is affected over a larger or smaller area, or only the epithelial lining of the follicles, it is known as ichthyosis diffusa, or ichthyosis follicularis.
- "A decoction of its root is highly efficacious in obstinate cases of the kind of skin disease called ichthyosis, and when taken in large quantity -- as well, indeed, as the decoction of any of the fusiform dockroots -- it acts as a purgative, in the same manner as the powder or the tincture of Turkey rhubarb."