acanthosis

English

Etymology

acanth +‎ -osis (“diseased condition”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /æˌkænˈθoʊ.sɪs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

acanthosis (plural acanthoses)

  1. (pathology) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.[First attested in the late 19th century.][2]

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References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
  2. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “acanthosis”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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