See Also: pachydermatosis(medicine)

doctrinarian (iou) and pachydermatosis (medicine)


doctrinarian (iou)



doctrinarian noun & adjective. M18.
[from medieval Latin doctrinare (see DOCTRINATE) + -ARIAN.]
A. noun.
A member of the Brothers of Christian Doctrine, or Christian Brothers, a lay teaching order instituted at Rheims in 1680. M-L18.
= DOCTRINAIRE noun 2. M19.
b. adjective. = DOCTRINAIRE adjective. L19.
doctrinarianism noun L19.

pachydermatosis (medicine)


pachydermatosis -->
pachyderma


Abnormally thick skin.

See: elephantiasis.

Synonym: pachydermatosis, pachydermia.

Origin: pachy-+ G. Derma, skin