keratosis nigricans

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsacanthosis nigricans

   Broaderskin disease

Questions about keratosis nigricans

What does keratosis nigricans mean?

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

What is another word for keratosis nigricans?

Close synonyms include acanthosis 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 keratosis nigricans a common word?

keratosis 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.