Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any disease of the skin characterized by abnormal quality of the horny layer.
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- noun pathology retention of
nuclei in thestratum corneum layer of skin
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Histological evaluation revealed a significantly thickened epidermis with an increased number of spinous/suprabasal cell layers and cellular disorganization; the upper differentiation layers were also abnormal, with parakeratosis, the prevalent appearance of nuclei, an improperly packed granular layer and a thicker stratum corneum (
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