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xerodermia (n)
a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin
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a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin
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Xerodermia, a rare genetic disorder, severely impairs the body's ability to repair DNA damage from ultraviolet radiation.
Individuals with xerodermia are extremely photosensitive and develop cancerous or precancerous skin lesions at an early age.
The primary cause of xeroderma is a mutation in one of several genes involved in DNA nucleotide excision repair.
Xeroderma has several types, each with different genetic defects and severity of symptoms.
