(also shortened fish-skin) ichthyosis.

A congenital disease of the skin in which the epidermis becomes thickened and assumes a dry and horny appearance. (Also called fish-skin disease and…

An inherited (autosomal dominant) disorder of the skin characterized by the presence of large areas of spiky or warty hyperkeratotic excrescences.

(a) the skin of a porcupine; (b) (more fully porcupine skin disease) ichthyosis hystrix gravior (cf. porcupine disease n.); skin affected by this.