acantholysis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
acanth- (“spine”) + -lysis (“destruction”)[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
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Translations[edit]
loss of intercellular connections
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