pachylosis
English
Etymology
pachy- + -osis
Alternative forms
- pachulosis (archaic)
Noun
pachylosis (uncountable)
- (medicine) A hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.
- 1868, Erasmus Wilson, On diseases of the skin:
- As an inordinate production of epidermis dependent on hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin, it has a title to a place in this group, while its principal character, namly, that of thickening and condensation of the skin, seems to point to pachylosis (καχὸς, crassitudo) as a fitting description.
- 2012 August 1, WF Zha, WM Song, JJ Ai, AE Xu, “Mobile connected dermatoscope and confocal laser scanning microscope: a useful combination applied in facial simple sensitive skin.”, in International journal of cosmetic science, volume 34, number 4, page 318:
- The majority of them had capillaries dilatation with pigmentation spots. The skin texture of some patients had subtle changes like pachylosis and deepened dermatoglyph, which were invisible for naked eyes.
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Usage notes
- Modern uses are primarily in translation from Chinese.