xeroderma pigmentosum

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• March 5. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  xeroderma pigmentosum — noun — english

  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