Synonyms for xeroderma-pigmentosum

Noun

1. xeroderma pigmentosum, xeroderma, xerodermia

usage: 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 processesm are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light