KERATOSIS NIGRICANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keratosis nigricans mean? 

• KERATOSIS NIGRICANS (noun)
  The noun KERATOSIS NIGRICANS has 1 sense:

1. a skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignant

  Familiarity information: KERATOSIS NIGRICANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KERATOSIS NIGRICANS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acanthosis nigricans; keratosis nigricans

Hypernyms ("keratosis nigricans" is a kind of...):

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