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Definition of Acanthosis
1. Noun. An abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis).
Group relationships: Psoriasis
Derivative terms: Acanthotic
Definition of Acanthosis
1. Noun. (medicine) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum layer of the epidermis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Acanthosis
1. An increase in the thickness of the stratum spinosum of the epidermis. Synonym: hyperacanthosis. Origin: acantho-+ G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acanthosis
Literary usage of Acanthosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1895)
"A CASE OF PAPILLARY AND PIGMENTARY DYSTROPHY (acanthosis ... Papillary and
pigmentary dystrophy (acanthosis ..."
2. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"acanthosis NIGRICANS. Synonym.—Keratosis nigricans. Definition. ... acanthosis
nigricans, showing involvement of eyelids and lips. ..."
3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"acanthosis NIGRICANS. Synonyms.—Keratosis nigricans. ... acanthosis Nigricans
following Decapsulation of the Kidneys. Case report, discussion and review of ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"acanthosis Nigricans.—At a recent meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical
Society, Mr. Malcolm Morris showed a case of this exceedingly rare disease. ..."
5. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1911)
"acanthosis nigricans is a disease characterized by the development of more or
less symmetrically distributed areas of pigmentation and warty hypertrophy of ..."
6. Diseases of the Skin and the Eruptive Fevers by Jay Frank Schamberg (1915)
"acanthosis NIGRICANS Under the title acanthosis nigricans, Pollitzer and, at the
same time, Janovsky, described a disease characterized by more or less ..."
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