xeroderma Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin
    xerodermia.

WordNet

Xe`ro*der"ma noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. dry + skin.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) (a) Ichthyosis. (b) A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin.

Webster 1913