See Also: tylosis(medicine)
tylosis(dictionary)
tylosis ciliaris(medicine)
tylosis linguae(medicine)
tylosis palmaris et plantaris(medicine)

tylosis (iou)



tylosis noun. . L19.
[In sense 1 mod. Latin from Greek tulosis formation of a callus: see TYLO-, -OSIS. In sense 2 prob. false sing. of tyloses pl. of TYLOSE noun1.]
1. Medicine. The development of a callus on the skin; a callosity. Also spec., (a) (more fully tylosis ciliaris) an inflammation of the eyelids with thickening and hardening of their edges; (b) (more fully tylosis linguae) = LEUCOPLAKIA. L19.
2. Botany. = TYLOSE noun1. Now rare. L19.
tylotic adjective (Medicine) of, pertaining to, or affected with tylosis L19.