keratolysis /ker·a·tol·y·sis/ (ker″ah-tol´ĭ-sis) softening and separation of the stratum corneum of the epidermis.
pitted keratolysis , keratolysis planta´re sulca´tum a tropical disease marked by thickening and deep fissuring of the skin of the soles, occurring during the rainy season.
pit·ted keratolysis (p t d)n. A noninflammatory bacterial infection of the soles, and occasionally the palms, that produces depressions in the horny layer of the epidermis, usually at weight-bearing sites. |
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