keratosis follicularis

1. 1.

   a rare hereditary condition marked by dark crusted patches (sometimes containing pus)

   SynonymsDarier's disease

   Broaderkeratosis

Questions about keratosis follicularis

What does keratosis follicularis mean?

keratosis follicularis means "a rare hereditary condition marked by dark crusted patches (sometimes containing pus)".

What is another word for keratosis follicularis?

Close synonyms include Darier's disease. 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 keratosis follicularis a common word?

keratosis follicularis 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.