xeroderma_pigmentosum.n.01

'xeroderma_pigmentosum.n.01'

[xeroderma_pigmentosum.n.01] as in: 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