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‖ ichthyosis Path.|ɪkθɪˈəʊsɪs|
[mod. medical L. (Willan 1801), f. Gr. ἰχθύ-ς fish + -osis. More etymologically called by Good (Study Med. 1822 IV. 597) ichthyˈiasis (cf. elephantiasis), names in -osis being properly verbal ns., from Gr. verbs in -όειν.]
A congenital disease of the skin in which the epidermis becomes thickened and assumes a dry and horny appearance. (Also called fish-skin disease and porcupine disease.)
1815R. Bateman Delin. Cutaneous Dis. Pref. 5 Exhibiting the disease Ichthyosis. 1864W. T. Fox Skin Dis. 43 Ichthyosis is of two kinds, epithelial and sebaceous. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 353 Ichthyosis is a congenital, chronic, hypertrophic disease..characterized by dryness and harshness of the skin, the formation of scales, and a variable amount of papillary growth. 1878Habershon Dis. Abdomen 17 The morbid growth of epithelium..gives rise to an appearance which has been called ‘ichthyosis of the tongue’.
Hence ichthyotic |ɪkθɪˈɒtɪk| a., subject to or affected with ichthyosis.
1876Duhring Dis. Skin 356 Ichthyotic persons are noted to perspire but very slightly. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 522 An ichthyotic tongue. |