| NOUN | state | keratosis | a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin |
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| Meaning | A skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin. | |
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| Narrower | actinic keratosis | An overgrowth of skin layers resulting from extended exposure to the sun |
| keratosis blennorrhagica, keratoderma blennorrhagica | skin disease characterized by a scaly rash on the palms and soles | |
| keratosis follicularis, Darier's disease | A rare hereditary condition marked by dark crusted patches (sometimes containing pus) | |
| keratosis pilaris | keratosis characterized by hard conical elevations in the openings of sebaceous glands (especially of arms and thighs) | |
| seborrheic keratosis | A skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crust | |
| wart, verruca | (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin | |
| Broader | skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder | A disease affecting the skin |
| Spanish | queratosis | |
| Catalan | ceratosi, queratosi, queratosis | |
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