Etymology

dyskeratosis

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Today it means: Incomplete or abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum. Full definition →

English keratosis ← New Latin dys- ← Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dews-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dus-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dus-
  4. Ancient Greekδυσ- (dus-)
  5. New Latindys-
  6. Englishdys-
  7. Englishkeratosis
  8. English todaydyskeratosis

From dys- + keratosis.

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