ACANTHOLYSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("acantholysis" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Holonyms ("acantholysis" is a part of...):

pemphigus (a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane)

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