Dyskeratosis
Correct Answer: Premature keratinisation
Description: dys*ker*a*to*sis (dis'ker-a-to'sis), 1. Premature keratinization in individual epithelial cells that have not reached the keratinizing surface layer; dyskeratotic cells generally become rounded and they may break away from adjacent cells and fall off. Dyskeratosis terms that abnormal premature keratinisation within cells below the stratum granulosum. Ref: Robbins and cotrans 9e Pg 1143
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