SKIN DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skin disorder mean? 

• SKIN DISORDER (noun)
  The noun SKIN DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. a disease affecting the skin

  Familiarity information: SKIN DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKIN DISORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease affecting the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder

Hypernyms ("skin disorder" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

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

lichen (any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks)

xanthosis (an abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin)

xanthoma (a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism)

vitiligo (an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border))

seborrhea (a condition in which overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily)

Saint Anthony's fire (any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions)

rhagades (cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus))

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)

prurigo (chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching)

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

necrobiosis lipoidica; necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum (skin disease marked by thin shiny patches (especially on the legs); often associated with diabetes mellitus)

molluscum (any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules)

melanism; melanosis (a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin))

lupus (any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease)

livedo (skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin)

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

leukoderma (a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin)

keratosis (a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin)

keratonosis (any abnormal condition of the outer skin (epidermis))

keratoderma; keratodermia (any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears horny)

jungle rot (skin disorder induced by a tropical climate)

impetigo (a very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode)

furunculosis (acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles)

erythroderma (any skin disorder involving abnormal redness)

eczema (generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages)

dermatosis (disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation))

acne (an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones)

acanthosis nigricans; keratosis nigricans (a skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignant)

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

 Context examples 

A genetic skin disorder caused by mutations in the KRT5 and KRT14 genes.

(Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex, NCI Thesaurus)

A genetic skin disorder caused by mutations in the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1).

(Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal dominant inherited skin disorder caused by mutations in the KRT1 and KRT10 genes.

(Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare skin disorder of unknown etiology affecting children.

(Hydroa Vacciniforme, NCI Thesaurus)

A very rare, autosomal recessive inherited skin disorder present at birth.

(Lamellar Ichthyosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A skin disorder consisting of hypertrophy of the stratum corneum of the skin.

(Keratoderma, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal recessive inherited skin disorder caused by mutations in the genes encoding keratins 5 and 14, collagen VII or laminin 5.

(Epidermolysis bullosa, NCI Thesaurus)

A genetic skin disorder caused by mutations in the KRT9 gene.

(Epidermolytic Palmoplantar Keratoderma, NCI Thesaurus)

IL-17A is known to play a role in various skin disorders, including psoriasis, that typically affect certain skin sites on the body.

(Skin Microbes and the Immune Response, NIH)

An autoimmune chronic skin disorder characterized by the presence of large blisters.

(Bullous Pemphigoid, NCI Thesaurus)