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Ichthyosis vs Ichthyoses - What's the difference?

ichthyosis | ichthyoses |

As nouns the difference between ichthyosis and ichthyoses

is that ichthyosis is (disease) a disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin while ichthyoses is .

ichthyosis

English

(wikipedia ichthyosis)

Noun

  • (disease) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
  • * 1926 , Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 1506:
    • A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis , a scale-like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly non-infective.

    Derived terms

    * dysplastic ichthyosis * harlequin ichthyosis, harlequin type ichthyosis * ichthyosis bullosa * ichthyosis congenita * ichthyosis fetalis * ichthyosis hystrix * ichthyosis vulgaris * lamellar ichthyosis

    ichthyoses

    English

    Noun

    (head)