ACANTHOLYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acantholysis mean? 

• ACANTHOLYSIS (noun)
  The noun ACANTHOLYSIS has 1 sense:

1. a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)

  Familiarity information: ACANTHOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACANTHOLYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("acantholysis" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Holonyms ("acantholysis" is a part of...):

pemphigus (a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane)

 Context examples 

Morphologically it is characterized by acantholysis and intraepidermal blister formation.

(Pemphigus, NCI Thesaurus)

Group of chronic blistering diseases characterized histologically by acantholysis and blister formation within the epidermis.

(Pemphigus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A chronic and relatively benign subepidermal blistering disease usually of the elderly and without histopathologic acantholysis.

(Pemphigoid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A rare autoimmune blistering skin disorder that resembles pemphigus but is histologically and clinically distinguishable by lack of evidence of acantholysis and a generally benign course.

(Pemphigoid, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by acantholysis of the tumor cells that results in the formation of pseudolumina that resemble glandular structures.

(Laryngeal Acantholytic Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, papillomatosis, and prominent acantholysis.

(Acantholytic Acanthoma, NCI Thesaurus)