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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ichthyosis \Ich`thy*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s fish.]
   (Med.)
   A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; --
   called also fishskin. -- Ich`thy*ot"ic, a.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ichthyosis
    n 1: any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry
         and scaly like a fish