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English noun: xeroderma pigmentosum

1. xeroderma pigmentosum (state) 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


Broader (hypernym)xeroderma, xerodermia









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