disease of the skin

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disease of the skin - a disease affecting the skin skin disease, skin disorderdisease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioningacantholysis - a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)acanthosis - an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis)acanthosis nigricans, keratosis nigricans - a skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignantacne - an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedonesdermatosis - disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation)eczema - generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stageserythroderma - any skin disorder involving abnormal rednessfurunculosis - acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furunclesimpetigo - a very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erodejungle rot - skin disorder induced by a tropical climatekeratoderma, keratodermia - any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears hornykeratonosis - any abnormal condition of the outer skin (epidermis)keratosis - a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skinleukoderma - a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skinlichen - any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rockslivedo - skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skinlupus - any of several forms of ulcerative skin diseasemelanism, melanosis - a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)molluscum - any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodulesnecrobiosis lipoidica, necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum - skin disease marked by thin shiny patches (especially on the legs); often associated with diabetes mellituspemphigus - a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membraneprurigo - chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itchingpsoriasis - a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominencesrhagades - cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus)Saint Anthony's fire - any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditionsseborrhea - a condition in which overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oilyvitiligo - an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border)xanthoma - a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolismxanthosis - an abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin