keratosis pilaris

1. 1.

   keratosis characterized by hard conical elevations in the openings of sebaceous glands (especially of arms and thighs)

   Broaderkeratosis

Questions about keratosis pilaris

What does keratosis pilaris mean?

keratosis pilaris means "keratosis characterized by hard conical elevations in the openings of sebaceous glands (especially of arms and thighs)".

Is keratosis pilaris a common word?

keratosis pilaris 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.