dyskeratoma
dyskeratoma
[dis″ker-ah-to´mah]a tumor from the keratinocytes, characterized by abnormal, imperfect, or premature keratin development. See illustration.

Warty dyskeratoma. From Dorland's, 2000.
warty dyskeratoma a solitary brownish red nodule with a soft, yellowish, central keratotic plug, most commonly occurring on the face, neck, scalp, or axilla, or in the mouth; histologically it resembles an individual lesion of keratosis follicularis.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
dys·ker·a·to·ma
(dis'ker-ă-tō'mă),A skin tumor exhibiting dyskeratosis.
[dys- + G. keras, horn, + -oma, tumor]
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dys·ker·a·to·ma
(dis-ker'ă-tō'mă)A skin tumor exhibiting dyskeratosis.
[dys- + G. keras, horn, + -oma, tumor]
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