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pachyderma or pachydermatosis or pachydermia


Term: pachyderma or pachydermatosis or pachydermia
Literally meaning: thick skin
Origin: Anc Greek
παχύς/pachys(=thick)
+δέρμα/derma(=skin) > δεσμά/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > δέρω/dero(=to peel, to flay).
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Definition
Pachydermia is the abnormal thickening of the skin in some medical conditions as in nevoid elephantiasis or in X-linked disorder pachydermoperiostosis

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