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acantholysis

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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acantholysis (usually uncountable, plural acantholyses)

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

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

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