acanthosis
/akənˈθəʊsɪs/Medicine and Pathology
noun
Disease of the skin affecting the prickle-cell layer (stratum spinosum) of the epidermis; hyperplasia of prickle cells; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 19th century. From acantho- + -osis, after German Akanthose.
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