acantosis
Spanish, noun/akanˈtosis/
acantosis is spelled A-C-A-N-T-O-S-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish, the 208,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acantosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “acanthosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “engrosamiento del estrato espinoso o capa mucosa de la epidermis en la piel. ^([cita requerida])”.
What does acantosis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacanthosis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. engrosamiento del estrato espinoso o capa mucosa de la epidermis en la piel. ^([cita requerida])
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce acantosis?
- /akanˈtosis/
- [a.kãn̪ˈt̪o.sis]
- [akãn̪ˈt̪osis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acantosis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acantosis in Spanish?
acantosis appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).