xeroderma pigmentosum

Noun xeroderma pigmentosum has 1 sense

• xeroderma pigmentosum(n = noun.state) - a rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn; inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair processes are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light;
is a kind of xeroderma, xerodermia