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pachyderma
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pachyderma - thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstructionnevoid elephantiasiscongenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder - a disease or disorder that is inherited geneticallyelephantiasis - hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis |
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pachyderma [pak″e-der´mah] abnormal thickening of the skin. adj., adj pachyder´matous.pachyderma circumscrip´tum (pachyderma laryn´gis) localized warty epithelial thickenings on the vocal cords.pach·y·der·ma (pak'ē-der'mă), Abnormally thick skin.
See also: elephantiasis. Synonym(s): pachydermatosis [pachy- + G. derma, skin] pachyderma A nonspecific term for leathery subcutaneous induration due to an accumulation of inelastic connective tissue, as occurs in acromegaly, or due to accumulation of protein-rich mucin, collagen and fibroblasts, as occurs in myxoedema.pach·y·der·ma (pak'ē-dĕr'mă) Abnormally thick skin.
See also: elephantiasis[pachy- + G. derma, skin]pachyderma
Related to pachyderma: xanthoderma, dermatofibroma, pachyderma laryngisSynonyms for pachydermanoun thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstructionSynonymsRelated Words- congenital disease
- genetic abnormality
- genetic defect
- genetic disease
- genetic disorder
- hereditary condition
- hereditary disease
- inherited disease
- inherited disorder
- elephantiasis
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