different between ichthyosis vs ichthyosiform

English

Etymology

New Latin, from ichthyo- +? -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?????s?s/

Noun

ichthyosis (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoses)

1. (medicine) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
   • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 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.

Derived terms

• dysplastic ichthyosis
• harlequin ichthyosis, harlequin type ichthyosis
• ichthyosis bullosa
• ichthyosis congenita
• ichthyosis fetalis
• ichthyosis hystrix
• ichthyosis vulgaris
• lamellar ichthyosis

Translations

English

Etymology

ichthyosis +? -form

Adjective

ichthyosiform (comparative more ichthyosiform, superlative most ichthyosiform)

1. (medicine) Resembling ichthyosis.
   • 2001, Günter Burg, Philip E Leboit, Werner Kempf, Cutaneous lymphomas: unusual cases

     Acquired ichthyosis resembling ichthyosis vulgaris or sometimes as a less specific ichthyosiform eruption is known to be a paraneoplastic sign of lymphoma.