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Cutaneous
adjective · 78% connection
Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Daubing
noun · 78% connection
A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Dermis
noun · 78% connection
The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and end…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Eczema
noun · 78% connection
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the disc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Elephantiasis
noun · 78% connection
A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Fit
noun · 78% connection
A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Hairy
adjective · 78% connection
Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Hippopotamus
noun · 78% connection
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Hoarse
superl. · 78% connection
Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Keratoderma blennorrhagica
noun · 78% connection
skin disease characterized by a scaly rash on the palms and soles; associated with Reiter's syndrome
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Keratosis blennorrhagica
noun · 78% connection
skin disease characterized by a scaly rash on the palms and soles; associated with Reiter's syndrome
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Knaggy
adjective · 78% connection
Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Leprosy
noun · 78% connection
A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are oft…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Lichen
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Manis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Melene
noun · 78% connection
An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Mushroom
noun · 78% connection
An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
Muskrat
noun · 78% connection
A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, skin, thick, rough, scaly.
