acantholysis

English Thesaurus

1. a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus) (noun.state)

hypernym	:	disease of the skin, skin disease, skin disorder,
definition	:	a disease affecting the skin (noun.state)

part meronym	:	pemphigus,
definition	:	a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane (noun.state)