acanthosis

acanthosis

English

Etymology

acanth +‎ -osis (“diseased condition”)[1]

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æˌkænˈθoʊ.sɪs/
• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

acanthosis (plural acanthoses)

1. (medicine) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.[First attested in the late 19th century.][2]

Translations

abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum

Catalan: acantosi f Italian: acantosi (it) f

Portuguese: acantose f Spanish: acantosis (es) f

References

1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
2. “acanthosis” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN.