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What does xerosis mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) dryness
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Like xerosis and atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis is an eczematous reaction, but the reaction is localized to allergen-exposed areas.
There are few reports of diphtheroid endocarditis on intact valves, and, to our knowledge, this is the first case in which the offending organism was identified as C xerosis.
Dry skin, also called xerosis, is one of the major clinical components of atopy.
The result is xerosis, the dermatological name for dry skin, which afflicts about a third of the population, especially older adults.
Whether you have psoriasis, eczema or severe dry skin called as xerosis, you need to return on any moisture the dry air takes away.
The records from various doctors over the past 23 years are filled with mysterious-sounding medical terms: peripheral neuropathy, peripheral motor axonal polyneuropathy, xerosis and hammer toes.

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