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noun (ichthyos, es)
- (medicine) a disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin
- 1926: A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or , a scale-like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly non-infective. " Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (Norton 2005, p. 1506)
Etymology: Modern Latin, from ichthyo- + -osis.
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