xerodermia

Questions about xerodermia

What does xerodermia mean?

xerodermia means "a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin".

How many syllables are in xerodermia?

xerodermia has 5 syllables and divides as xe-ro-der-mi-a under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for xerodermia?

Close synonyms include xeroderma. 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 xerodermia a common word?

xerodermia 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.