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‖ xerosis Path.|zɪəˈrəʊsɪs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. ξήρωσις, f. ξηρός dry: see -osis.]
= xeroma; spec. = xeroderma (see xero-). Also attrib.
1890Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Xerosis, a drying, dryness. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 661 To the milder forms [of ichthyosis] the names xerodermia and xerosis are frequently..applied. 1900Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Mar. 622/2 Xerosis bacilli were present.
So xerotic |zɪəˈrɒtɪk| a. [see -otic], affected with xerosis; xerotine |ˈzɪərətaɪn| a., in xerotine siccative, trade-name of a substance used for drying ships' bottoms.
1882Standard 14 Jan. 5/8 We have had a terrible explosion of xerotine siccative on board here. 1890Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Xerotic, dry. 1893Westm. Gaz. 5 Oct. 3/1 The sad loss of H.M.S. Dotterel.., presumably from the effects of an explosion..of Xerotine Siccative, supplied as patent driers. 1901Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 2), Xerotic, characterized by xerosis, or dryness. |