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Definition: Acanthosis Nigricans |
Acanthosis NigricansNoun1. A skin disease characterized by dark wart-like patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignant. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A circumscribed melanosis consisting of a brown-pigmented, velvety verrucosity or fine papillomatosis appearing in the axillae and other body folds. It occurs in association with endocrine disorders, underlying malignancy, administration of certain drugs, or as in inherited disorder. (references) |
Medicine | 2. a rare condition presenting numerous superficial, pigmented papillomatous growths on many portions of the body and occasionally on the conjunctiva. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: Acanthosis NigricansSynonym: keratosis nigricans (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Acanthosis Nigricans |
| Non-English Usage: "Acanthosis Nigricans" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (acanthosis nigricans, rhizopus nigricans). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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acanthosis nigricans | 125 |
acanthosis nigricans picture | 6 |
acanthosis nigricans treatment | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "acanthosis nigricans"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | acanthosis nigricans (keratosis nigricans). (various references) | |
Dutch | Acanthosis nigricans (keratosis nigricans), ziekte van Darier (ichthyosis sebacea HEBRA-KAPOSI, keratosis follicularis, keratosis nigricans), keratosis nigricans (keratosis nigricans). (various references) | |
Finnish | acanthosis nigricans. (various references) | |
French | Achantosis nigricans, acanthosis nigricans, dystrophie papillaire et segmentaire. (various references) | |
German | Acanthosis nigricans (keratosis nigricans), Schwarzwucherhaut (keratosis nigricans), Dystrophia papillaris et pigmentosa (keratosis nigricans). (various references) | |
Greek | μελανωτική ακάνθωση, μελανίζουσα ακάνθωση, υπεμέλας ακανθίασις (keratosis nigricans), ακανθωτική μελανοδερμία (keratosis nigricans). (various references) | |
Italian | acanthosis nigricans (keratosis nigricans), distrofia papillare pigmentaria (keratosis nigricans). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acanthosisay igricansnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acantose nigricans (keratosis nigricans), distrofia papilar e pigmentar (keratosis nigricans). (various references) | |
Spanish | acantosis nigricans (keratosis nigricans). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acanthosis nigricans. (various references) |
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Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-g-h-i-i-i-n-n-n-o-r-s-s-s-t" | |
-4 letters: saccharisations. | |
-5 letters: saccharisation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 61 6E 74 68 6F 73 69 73 4E 69 67 72 69 63 61 6E 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101000 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110011 00100000 01001110 01101001 01100111 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c a n t h o s i s   N i g r i c a n s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0061 006E 0074 0068 006F 0073 0069 0073 004E 0069 0067 0072 0069 0063 0061 006E 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356967808674818575852487573847569678085 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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