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ichthyosis congenita neonatorum (medicine) and naked (iou)


ichthyosis congenita neonatorum (medicine)


ichthyosis congenita neonatorum
Generalised ichthyosis with parchment-like skin seen in premature babies.


naked (iou)



naked adjective & noun.

A. adjective.
I.
Of the body or a part: unclothed, stripped to the skin, not covered or protected by clothing. OE.
Sir W. Scott His naked foot was dyed with red. G. Greene A child naked except for a..necklace round the waist. W. Golding He stripped naked and spread his clothing in the sun.
b. Of a horse etc.: without a saddle or harness; barebacked. Long obsolete exc. Scot. OE.
a. Of a person: destitute of clothing, esp. through extreme poverty. Of an animal: deprived of its hair, wool, etc. OE-L17.
Shakespeare King Lear Poor naked wretches..that bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. absol.: Dryden The afflicted came, The hunger-starved, the naked and the lame.
b. Destitute of means. arch. rare. E17.
R. L. Stevenson I am held naked in my prison.
Without a weapon or means of defence; defenceless, unprotected; exposed to assault or injury. arch. ME.
Defoe I scorn to take up a sword against a naked man. M. C. Clarke Gaunt..left him naked to the tender mercies of his priestly enemies. V. Woolf You are all protected. I am naked.
II.
Of a sword etc.: not in a sheath, unsheathed. OE.
G. Greene The executioner stands by with naked blade.
Free from concealment or reserve; straightforward; outspoken. Now chiefly in the naked truth below. ME.
Gibbon A fragment of the Anecdotes, somewhat too naked, was suppressed.
Exposed to view or examination; without disguise or concealment; plain, obvious, clear. ME.
Ld Macaulay Chamberlayne laid his plan, in all its naked absurdity, before the Commons. J. Gross With Arnold or Eliot..the snobbishness is naked and unashamed.
III.
a. Destitute or devoid of something. OE.
S. Pepys It is a remarkable thing how infinitely naked..Covent Garden is..of people.
b. Lacking or defective in some respect. LME.
c. Unfilled, unoccupied. rare. M17.
Lacking tackle, equipment, furnishings, etc.; unfurnished; undecorated. LME.
O. Manning A single light bulb..hung over naked floorboards.
Lacking vegetation, barren; treeless; having no foliage; (of rock etc.) without soil; exposed. LME.
W. Cowper Sea-beaten rocks and naked shores. R. Kipling Not only on the Naked Chalk, but also among the Trees.
Botany.
a. Of a seed: having no pericarp. Also, of varieties of oats or Other cereals: having the husk easily detached (cf. PILCORN). L16.
b. Of a stem or leaf: having no leaves or hairs. E18.
Lacking a protective case or covering; esp. (of a light, flame, etc.) unprotected from the wind etc., unshaded. E17.
Burke I always felt it on the naked nerve. M. Dibdin It was lit by a large number of naked bulbs.
Zoology. Of (part of) an animal: lacking hair, scales, or a shell, present in related forms. E17.
IV.
Without addition; bare, mere; not accompanied by remarks or comments; plainly expressed. Also, not otherwise supported or confirmed by proof, evidence, etc. OE.
W. Blackstone Herein they state the naked facts. James Mill For the evidence of these designs, Mr. Hastings presents his own naked assertion.
Undiluted, neat. rare (chiefly Scot.). E19.
Stock Exchange. Of an option etc.: not secured on or backed by the underlying share. L20.
Special collocations & phrases: naked ape: see APE noun. naked as a jay-bird US completely naked. naked as a needle arch. completely naked. naked bed arch.: for a naked occupant or one who has removed his or her ordinary clothes. naked boys = naked ladies below. naked eye vision unassisted by microscope, telescope, etc. naked flooring timbers supporting flooring boards. naked force unconcealed, ruthless force. naked ladies meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, whose flowers appear long before the leaves. naked singularity Astronomy a space-time singularity which is not surrounded by an event horizon and would therefore be visible to an observer. the naked truth the plain truth, without concealment or addition.
b. noun.
The naked skin. rare. Only in LME.
A nude figure. Formerly also, the nude. E17.
Zigzag We still had to guarantee that there would be..no more nakeds on the stage.
The face or plain surface of a wall etc. L17.
nakedly adverb ME.
nakedness noun OE.