Meaning of pachylosis | Babel Free

Definitions

A hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.

uncountable

Examples

“As an inordinate production of epidermis dependent on hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin, it has a title to a place⟳ in this group, while its principal character, namly, that of thickening and condensation of the skin, seems to point⟳ to pachylosis (καχὸς, crassitudo) as a fitting description.”

“The majority of them had capillaries dilatation with pigmentation spots. The skin texture of some patients had subtle changes like⟳ pachylosis and deepened dermatoglyph, which were invisible for naked eyes.”

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