acantholysis

English

Etymology

acanth- (“spine”) +‎ -lysis (“destruction”)[1]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /æˌkænˈθɒ.lɪs.ɪs/
(US) IPA^(key): /æˌkænˈθɑ.lə.sɪs/
Rhymes: -ɒlɪsɪs

Noun

acantholysis (usually uncountable, plural acantholyses)

(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.

Derived terms

acantholytic

Translations

loss of intercellular connections

Portuguese: acantólise f

References

Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)

Anagrams

Stolichnayas

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