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Acantholysis

Definition: Acantholysis

Acantholysis

Noun

1. A breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus).

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Specialty Definitions: Acantholysis

DomainDefinitions

Health

Separation of the prickle cells of the stratum spinosum of the epidermis, resulting in atrophy of the prickle cell layer. It is seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris (see pemphigus) and keratosis follicularis. (references)

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Crosswords: Acantholysis

Specialty definitions using "acantholysis": Pemphigoid, Bullous. (references)

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Modern Translations: Acantholysis

Language Translations for "acantholysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

acantholyse. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

acantholysis, acantholyse. (various references)

   

French

  

acantholyse. (various references)

   

German

  

Akantholysis, Akantholyse, Akanthokeratolyse, Acantholysis. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ακανθόλυση. (various references)

   

Italian

  

anacantosi, acantolisi. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acantholysisay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

acantólise. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acantólisis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Acantholysis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-l-n-o-s-s-t-y"

-2 letters: acylations.

-3 letters: acylation, analytics, catalysis, chitosans, halations, scholiast, thalassic.

-4 letters: acholias, acyloins, alations, analysis, analysts, analytic, astonish, calathos, chitosan, cyanosis, halation, halcyons, isotachs, lanosity, nasality, sacatons, salacity, santalic, scantily, shaitans, stanchly, staysail, systolic, tachyons, thionyls, tonishly, tylosins.

-5 letters: acanthi, acholia, actinal, actions, acyloin, alation, aliyahs, aliyoth, alnicos, anality, analyst, anticly, ashcans, asocial, atonics, caisson, calathi, canolas, canthal, casinos, casitas, cassino, catalos, cations, catlins, chitals, chitons, citolas, clayish, coastal, coltish, consist, halcyon, hastily, holists, hyalins, instals, isotach, lashins, latinos, lochans, lychnis, nastily, oilcans, sacaton, saintly, salinas, saltish, santols, satanic, scantly, scholia, scotias, shaitan, shantis, snatchy, socials, solatia, sonatas, stoical, stonily, stonish, stylish, syconia, tachyon, tahsils, talions, thionyl, tincals, tocsins, tonsils, tylosin.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-l-n-o-s-s-t-y"
 

+1 letter: cytochalasins.

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Alternative Orthography: Acantholysis


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 63 61 6E 74 68 6F 6C 79 73 69 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100011 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101000 01101111 01101100 01111001 01110011 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0061 006E 0074 0068 006F 006C 0079 0073 0069 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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