ICHTHYOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ichthyosis mean? 

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

1. any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ICHTHYOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ichthyosis"):

xeroderma; xerodermia (a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin)

 Context examples 

Mutations in this gene are associated with Vohwinkel syndrome with ichthyosis and with progressive symmetric erythrokeratoderma.

(LOR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include neurologic damage, mental retardation, skeletal abnormalities, hepatosplenomegaly, and ichthyosis.

(Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare autosomal recessive form of ichthyosis caused by mutations in the SPINK5 gene.

(Netherton Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common form of ichthyosis.

(Ichthyosis Vulgaris, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare autosomal dominant inherited form of ichthyosis.

(Ichthyosis Bullosa of Siemens, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in this gene are associated with ichthyosis vulgaris and with susceptibility to atopic dermatitis type 2.

(FLG wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-hereditary form of ichthyosis characterized by plate-like scales on the legs, arms and occasionally the torso.

(Ichthyosis Acquisita, NCI Thesaurus)

It can result from normal use (corns, calluses), chronic inflammation (eczema), or genetic disorders (X-linked ichthyosis, ichthyosis vulgaris).

(Hyperkeratosis, NCI Dictionary)

Mutations in this gene are associated with epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, ichthyosis with confetti, and cyclic ichthyosis with epidermolytic hyperkeratosis.

(KRT10 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare congenital developmental disorder characterized by the presence of stippled foci of calcification in the hyaline cartilage, joint contractions, mental retardation and ichthyosis.

(Chondrodysplasia Punctata, NCI Thesaurus)