xeroderma pigmentosum

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 114561337)
    is a type of: xeroderma, xerodermia - a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin

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