| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Ichthyosis, Lamellar | Health | A chronic, congenital ichthyosis inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Infants are usually born encased in a collodion membrane which sheds within a few weeks. Scaling is generalized and marked with grayish-brown quadrilateral scales, adherent at their centers and free at the edges. In some cases, scales are so thick that they resemble armored plate. (references) | |
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