hyperkeratosis
noun
hyperkeratosis is a noun meaning “Excess keratin formation on the skin surface, as can be seen in a number of dermatologic conditions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-K-E-R-A-T-O-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hyperkeratosis is hyperkeratoses.
What does hyperkeratosis mean?
noun
- 1
Excess keratin formation on the skin surface, as can be seen in a number of dermatologic conditions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperkeratosis
- hyperkeratoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperkeratosis?
Hyperkeratosis appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hyperkeratosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense excess keratin formation on the skin surface:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hyperkeratose |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hyperkeratosis come from?
From hyper- + keratosis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).