acrodermatitis enteropathica
[ĕn′tə-rō-păth′ĭ-kə]
n.
A genetic defect in the malabsorption of zinc, beginning as a skin eruption on an extremity or around a body orifice, followed by hair loss and diarrhea or other gastrointestinal disturbances.
Nearby words
- aporepressor,
- aporetic,
- aporia,
- aport,
- aposematic,
- aposiopesis,
- apospory,
- apostasy,
- apostate,
- apostatize
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