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| Domain | Definition |
Health | 1. hypertrophy of the corneous layer of the skin. 2a. any of various conditions marked by hyperkeratosis. 2b. a disease of cattle marked by thickening and wringling of the hide and formation of papillary outgrowths on the buccal mucous membranes, often accompanied by watery discharge from eyes and nose, diarrhoea, loss of condition, and abortion of pregnant animals, and now believed to result from ingestion of the chlorinated naphthalene of various lubricating oils. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: HYPERKERATOSIS |
| Specialty definitions using "HYPERKERATOSIS": Angiokeratoma ♦ Hyperkeratosis, Epidermolytic ♦ Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital ♦ Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Diffuse ♦ Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | This mature, 20 mos. old pinta lesion shows signs of hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, acanthosis, elongation of Rete Pegs and an inflammatory infiltrate in the dermis. The genus Treponema, contains the species pallidum, the cause of syphilis. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Biopsy showed hyperkeratosis. (references) | |
These lesions may take several forms, including erythema, lichenoid change, ulceration, or hyperkeratosis. (references) | ||
Sun-exposed epidermis becomes thickened as much as twofold compared to sun-protected skin and is disorganized, showing evidence of hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, and acanthosis. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hyperkeratosis | 60 |
follicular hyperkeratosis | 3 |
hyperkeratosis pilaris | 3 |
hyperkeratosis epidermolytic | 3 |
cervix hyperkeratosis | 2 |
cervical hyperkeratosis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HYPERKERATOSIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | hyperkeratosis, hyperkeratose, keratosis (keratitis), keratonosis, keratoderma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hyperkeratose (callosity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | hyperkératose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Hyperkeratose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπερκεράτωση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | ipercheratosi (callosity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yperkeratosishay hiperceratose. (various references) hiperqueratosis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-k-o-p-r-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: perestroikas. | |
-3 letters: perestroika. | |
-4 letters: earthrises, herstories, prehistory. | |
-5 letters: apheresis, aphorises, aphorists, arthroses, arthrosis, atrophies, earthrise, ephorates, heartsore, heterosis, hysterias, isotheres, keratoses, keratosis, oysterers, parrokets, periostea, perorates, persister, pharisees, phratries, poetisers, portieres, prestrike, priorates, proteases, protheses, prothesis, pyorrheas, rephrases, reshapers, restrikes, serotypes, shikarees, shriekers, sophistry, sparkiest, sparriest, spheriest, storeship, streakers, streakier, theorises, therapies, threapers. | |
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