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Cantholysis vs Acantholysis - What's the difference?

cantholysis | acantholysis |

As nouns the difference between cantholysis and acantholysis

is that cantholysis is the surgical division of the canthus while acantholysis is the loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.

cantholysis

English

Noun

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  • The surgical division of the canthus.

    • acantholysis

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia acantholysis)
  • (medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.

    • Derived terms

    * acantholytic

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