KERATOSIS
\kˌɛɹɐtˈə͡ʊsɪs], \kˌɛɹɐtˈəʊsɪs], \k_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɐ_t_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
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By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A physiological transformation into horny tissue.
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Excessive development of corneous tissue.
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Disease or anomalous development of the corneous tissue, especially of the epidermis. The keratoses are diseases characterized by anomalous growth of the stratum corneum. The varieties are: k. contagiosa, k. follicularis, k. follicularis contagiosa, k. nigrans, k. palmaris et plantaris, k. pilaris, k. seborrheica, k. senilis, k. suprafollicularis, k. vegetans. [Gr.]
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).