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nounsensitivity to the action of radiant energy
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- xeroderma pigmentosum 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
- hypericism a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John's wort