xerosis
pronunciation
How to pronounce xerosis in British English:
UK [zɪə'rəʊsɪs]
How to pronounce xerosis in American English:
US [zɪ'roʊsɪs]
Word Origin
- xerosis (n.)
- 1890, Modern Latin, from Greek xerosis, from xeros "dry" (see xerasia) + -osis.
Example
- 1. Vitamin a deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis .
- 2. It is recorded by essential oil complete works that ginseng essential oil can relieve xerosis cutis , improve cutaneous circulation and promote metabolism .
- 3. In this case , we report on a young man who presented with corneal xerosis and whose history of corneal ulceration had not been linked to his restricted diet , which resulted in vitamin a deficiency .
- 4. Vitamin a deficiency with conjunctival xerosis .
- 5. Vitamin a deficiency with corneal xerosis .