pachyderma

pachyderma
Abnormally thick skin. SEE ALSO: elephantiasis. SYN: pachydermatosis. [pachy- + G. derma, skin]
- p. lymphangiectatica elephantiasis due to lymph stasis.
- p. verrucosa chronic wartlike elephantiasis.
- p. vesicae elephantiasis with nodules composed of lymph vesicles on the skin surface.

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pachy·der·ma (pak″e-durґmə) [pachy- + derma] abnormal thickening of the skin. See also pachydermoperiostosis. pachydermatous, pachydermic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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