Which of the following terms means hard skin condition?
A) erythroderma
B) xeroderma
C) ichthyoderma
D) scleroderma
D) scleroderma
Scler/o means hard and -derma means skin condition; thus, scleroderma means
hard skin condition. Erythr/o means red and -derma means skin condition, so erythroderma
means red skin condition. Xer/o means dry and -derma means skin condition; therefor xeroderma
means dry skin condition. Ichthy/o means scaly and -derma means skin condition; hence,
ichthyoderma means condition of scaly skin.
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