Ichthyosis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ichthyosis \Ich`thy*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s fish.]
     (Med.)
     A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; --
     called also {fishskin}. -- {Ich`thy*ot"ic}, a.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ichthyosis
       n : any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is
           fishlike (dry and scaly)