Harlequin ichthyosis is an extremely rare form of ichthyosis and the most severe. The newborn child is covered with plates of thick skin that crack and split apart. The thick skin plates can pull at and distort facial features.
Pronunciation; MEERÂ·eeÂ·ad. 1. (adj.) Composed of numerous diverse elements or facets: the myriad life of the metropolis. 2. (n.) Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable: the myriad of fish in the ocean. 3. (n.) Sigma Controlsâ versatile controller. Can be used for a myriad of control applications.
Usage Note: Throughout most of its history in English myriad was used as a noun, as in a myriad of reasons. In the 1800s, it began to be used in poetry as an adjective, as in myriad dreams. This poetic, adjectival use became so well entrenched generally that many people came to consider it as the only correct use.