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xerodermia

xerodermia

English

Noun

xerodermia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, dated) xeroderma
    • 1900 January, “Epitome: Therapeutics”, in Medical Review, volume 3, number 16, page 43:
      A boy, aged 9, had suffered from xerodermia since the second month of life.

Italian

Etymology

xero- + -dermia

Noun

xerodermia f (plural xerodermie)

  1. (medicine) xeroderma