acanthosis nigricans

1. 1.

   a skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignant

   Synonymskeratosis nigricans

   Broaderskin disease

Questions about acanthosis nigricans

What does acanthosis nigricans mean?

acanthosis nigricans means "a skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignant".

What is another word for acanthosis nigricans?

Close synonyms include keratosis nigricans. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acanthosis nigricans a common word?

acanthosis nigricans is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.