Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pachylosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pachy-lo-sis
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From pachy- + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pachy
Suffix: osis

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

pachulosis (alternative)

Questions

What does pachylosis mean?: A hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.
Where does pachylosis come from?: From pachy- + -osis.

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