ACANTHOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acanthosis mean? 

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

1. an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACANTHOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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

psoriasis (a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences)

Derivation:

acanthotic (of or relating to or having acanthosis)

 Context examples 

Decreased sensitivity to circulating insulin which may result in acanthosis nigicrans, elevated insulin level or hyperglycemia.

(Insulin Resistance, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, Bowen disease is characterized by the presence of hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, dyskeratosis, and acanthosis.

(Bowen Disease of the Skin, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibrohistiocytic cells and associated acanthosis.

(Cutaneous Fibrous Histiocytoma, Fibroblastic Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

An acanthoma characterized by the presence of psoriasiform epidermal acanthosis and basal cells with pale cytoplasm.

(Clear Cell Acanthoma, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Acantholytic Acanthoma, NCI Thesaurus)