Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun xeroderma_pigmentosum

1 sense of xeroderma pigmentosum

Sense 1
xeroderma pigmentosum -- (a rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn; inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair processes are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light)
       => xeroderma, xerodermia -- (a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin)