ichthyosis

From New Latin, from ichthyo- +‎ -osis.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkθɪˈəʊsɪs/

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ichthyosis (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoses)

1. (pathology) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.

   Synonym: fishskin disease

   • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, Norton, published 2005, page 1506:

     A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scale-like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly non-infective.