xerosis

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noun

Dryness.

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Meanings

nounxerosis (countable and uncountable, plural xeroses)

plural xeroses

  1. countableuncountablemedicineDryness.

    Xerosis is a consequence of the skin's loss of natural moisturizing factors and loss of moisture from the stratum corneum and intercellular matrix (Hill, 2008).

    2015, Ruth Bryant, Denise Nix, Acute and Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts, page 271

Origin

From xero- + -osis.

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xerosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xerosis

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“xerosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xerosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xerosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xerosis.

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