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Definition: Ichthyosis |
IchthyosisNoun1. Any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is fishlike (dry and scaly). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ichthyosis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1926. (references) |
Etymology: Ichthyosis \Ich`thy*o"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression fish.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Any of several generalized skin disorders characterized by dryness, roughness, and scaliness, due to hypertrophy of the stratum corneum epidermis. Most are genetic, but some are acquired, developing in association with other systemic disease or genetic syndrome. (references) |
Medicine | Hypertrophy of the corneous layer of the skin, usually congenital, in which the skin becomes dry, hard and scaly, with an absence of secretion from the sweat and sebaceous glands. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Ichthyosis |
| English words defined with "ichthyosis": Fishskin ♦ Porcupine disease. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ichthyosis": Hyperkeratosis, Epidermolytic ♦ Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital, Ichthyosis Vulgaris, Ichthyosis, Lamellar, Ichthyosis, X-Linked ♦ Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ichthyosis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (ichthyosis), German (ichthyosis). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Ichthyosis, Erythroderma (congenital) Achondroplastic dwarf (head, shoulders, and chest of infant). Credit: CDC. |  | Case of Ichthyosis Treated by Thyroid Feeding. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Scales Detached From Cases of Psoriasis and Ichthyosis During the Course of Thyroid Treatment. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | With treatment, symptoms of peripheral neuropathy and ichthyosis generally disappear. (references) | |
Nystagmus (rapid, involuntary to-and-fro eye movements), anosmia (absence of the sense of smell), and ichthyosis (a skin disorder causing dry, rough, scaly skin) may also occur. (references) | ||
The spasticity sometimes occurs with abnormalities such as optic neuropathy, retinopathy (disease of the retina), dementia, ataxia (lack of muscle control), ichthyosis (a skin disorder causing dry, rough, scaly skin), mental retardation, and deafness. (references) | ||
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| "Ichthyosis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ichthyosis" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ichthyosis": Ichthyosis Vulgaris. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
ichthyosis | 62 |
make up for ichthyosis | 31 |
ichthyosis vulgaris | 12 |
cover ichthyosis | 8 |
hide ichthyosis | 8 |
ichthyosis beauty tip | 8 |
ichthyosis concealer | 8 |
cosmetic for ichthyosis | 8 |
conceal ichthyosis | 8 |
lamellar ichthyosis | 6 |
ichthyosis linked recessive x | 3 |
ichthyosis x linked | 3 |
harlequin ichthyosis | 3 |
ichthyosis photograph | 2 |
ichthyosis picture | 2 |
ichthyosis treatment | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ichthyosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | ichthyosis. (various references) | |
Dutch | ichthyosis (ichthyosis vulgaris), ichthyose (ichthyosis vulgaris). (various references) | |
French | ichtyose. (various references) | |
German | Ichthyosis. (various references) | |
Greek | ιχθύωση, ιχθύαση (atrophoderma pigmentosum, melanosis lenticularis progressiva, xeroderma pigmentosum). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ichtiózis, pikkelybetegség, halpénzbetegség, bőrpikkelyesedés (fishskin disease). (various references) | |
Italian | ittiosi (crocodile skin, sauriasis). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ichthyosisay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ictiose. (various references) | |
Spanish | ictiosis. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "ichthyosis" (pronounced 'Ich`thy*o"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-h-i-i-o-s-s-t-y" | |
-4 letters: coyish, hoists, schist, stichs, stoics, toyish. | |
-5 letters: chits, cissy, cists, costs, cysts, hissy, hists, hitch, hoist, hosts, hotch, itchy, scots, shist, shots, soths, stich, stoic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-h-i-i-o-s-s-t-y" | |
+3 letters: stichomythias, stichomythies. | |
+4 letters: histochemistry, ichthyologists. | |
+5 letters: ichthyosaurians, psychohistorian, psychohistories, psychophysicist. | |
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