dermatomegaly


cutis

 [ku´tis] skin.cutis anseri´na goose flesh.cutis hyperelas´tica Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.cutis lax´a a group of connective tissue disorders in which the skin hangs in loose pendulous folds, believed to be associated with decreased elastic tissue formation as well as an abnormality in elastin formation, and usually occurring as a hereditary disorder and occasionally in an acquired form.

der·ma·to·meg·a·ly

(der'mă-tō-meg'ă-lē), Congenital or acquired defect in which the skin hangs in folds; may be part of a syndrome or may occur in isolation as cutis laxa, dermatochalasis, or dermatolysis. [dermato- + G. megas, large]

dermatomegaly

(1) Redundancy of skin folds. 
(2) Cutis laxa, see there.

der·ma·to·meg·a·ly

(dĕr'mă-tō-meg'ă-lē) Congenital or acquired defect in which the skin hangs in folds. [dermato- + G. megas, large]