Associations to the word «Acantholysis»

Wiktionary

ACANTHOLYSIS, noun. (medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.

Dictionary definition

ACANTHOLYSIS, noun. A breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus).

Wise words

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