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| cu·tis ver·ti·cis gy·ra·ta [ kytiss vùrtississ jī ráytə ] |
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deep vertical folding of forehead skin: a condition in which the skin of a forehead is thickened by hypertrophy so that it assumes deep vertical folds like the surface of the brain. It occurs in acromegaly and other diseases.
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| [Early 20th century. < Latin, "skin twisted like a vortex"] |
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