Meanings
plural ichthyoses
- countableuncountablemedicineAny of a group of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin.
A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scale-like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly non-infective.
1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, Norton, published 2005, page 1506Synonyms: fishskin disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of a group of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰǵʰúHs?
- Proto-Hellenic*ikʰtʰū́s
- Ancient Greekῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ĭkhthū́s)
- Ancient Greekῐχθῠ́ωσις (ĭkhthŭ́ōsis)
- New Latinichthyōsi
- Englishichthyosis
Learned borrowing from New Latin ichthyōsis. By surface analysis, ichthyo- + -osis. First attested in 1815.
More words from New Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan ictiosi
- ictiosidisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Chinese Mandarin 魚鱗病 /鱼鳞病
- 魚鱗病 /鱼鳞病 (yúlínbìng)disease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Czech ichtyóza
- ichtyózadisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Finnish suomutauti
- suomutautidisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
French ichtyose
- ichtyosedisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
German Ichthyose
- Ichthyosedisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Italian ittiòsi
- ittiòsidisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Japanese 魚鱗癬
- 魚鱗癬 (gyorinsen)disease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Polish ichtioza, rybia łuska
- ichtiozadisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
- rybia łuskadisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Portuguese ictiose
- ictiosedisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Russian ихтио́з
- ихтио́з (ixtióz)disease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Spanish ictiosis
- ictiosisdisease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ichthyosis
Cite this entry
ichthyosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyosis
“ichthyosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyosis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ichthyosis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyosis.
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