dermolysis


der·ma·tol·y·sis

(der'mă-tol'i-sis), Loosening of the skin or atrophy of the skin by disease; erroneously used as a synonym for cutis laxa. Synonym(s): dermolysis [dermato- + G. lysis, a loosening]

dermolysis

(1) Cutis laxa, see there (also known as dermatolysis).
(2) Transient bullous dermolysis of the newborn, see there.
(3) A nonspecific term for a form of dermal degeneration.