Definition of "ichthyosis"
noun
countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoses
(pathology) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
Quotations
A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scale-like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly non-infective.
1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, Norton, published 2005, page 1506