argyria

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noun

A condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or to silver dust, the most dramatic symptom of which being that the skin turns purple or purple-grey.

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argyrosis
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Meanings

nounargyria (usually uncountable, plural argyrias)

plural argyrias

  1. uncountableusuallydermatologyA condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or to silver dust, the most dramatic symptom of which being that the skin turns purple or purple-grey.

    Synonyms: argyrosis

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or to silver dust, the most dramatic symptom of which being that the skin turns purple or purple-grey.

Similar
argyrosis
Also see
argyriasisargyrosis

Origin

From argyr- + -ia.

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Translations

Arabic تفضض
  • تفضضcondition
Dutch argyrie
  • argyriecondition
Esperanto argirio
  • argiriocondition
Finnish argyria
  • argyriacondition
French argyrie
  • argyriecondition
Indonesian argiria
  • argiriacondition
Polish srebrzyca, argyria
  • srebrzycacondition
  • argyriacondition
Portuguese argirose
  • argirosecondition
Turkish arjiri
  • arjiricondition

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with argyria

criteriaNigeriaSyriaAlgeriaLiberiacafeteriaSiberiaIberiamateriadiphtherialisteriaElyriaAssyriaporphyriaCyberiaStyriaIllyriaprogeriaEgeriaCeltiberiaCoele-Syriagroceteriaopera seria
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Cite this entry
APA

argyria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argyria

MLA

“argyria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argyria. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “argyria,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argyria.

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