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Dermatopathology doesn't have intuitive terms, e.g. thickening of the stratum spinosum isn't ''spinosum hyperplasia''. The terms have to committed to memory. | |||
*Acanthosis = thickening of the prickle layer (stratum spinosum) of epidermis.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acanthosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acanthosis]</ref> | *Acanthosis = thickening of the prickle layer (stratum spinosum) of epidermis.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acanthosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acanthosis]</ref> | ||
*Acantholysis = loss of intercellular connections in the epidermis. | *Acantholysis = loss of intercellular connections in the epidermis. | ||