different between ichthyosis vs xeroderma

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

xero- +? -derma

Noun

xeroderma (plural xerodermas or xerodermata)

1. (pathology) Any of various skin diseases characterised by dry hard scaly skin, especially ichthyosis.

Synonyms

• xerodermia

Derived terms

• xeroderma pigmentosum
• xerodermatic
• xerodermatous

Translations

Italian

Etymology

xero- +? derma

Noun

xeroderma m (plural xerodermi)

1. xeroderma

   Synonym: xerodermia