KRAUROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kraurosis mean? 

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

1. atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KRAUROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

atrophy; wasting; wasting away (a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse)

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

kraurosis vulvae (kraurosis of the vulva; often a precancerous lesion)