pagetoid

English

Etymology

From Paget +‎ -oid, with reference to seeming like Paget's disease, after Sir James Paget (1814–1899); morphologically parallel with other examples such as parkinsonoid.

Adjective

pagetoid (comparative more pagetoid, superlative most pagetoid)

  1. (dermatology) Exhibiting an upward spread of melanocytes into the epidermis.
    pagetoid Bowen's disease

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