xer-, xero-, xir- +

Any treatment that treats the problem of excessively dry skin.

Dry skin, also called xerosis, is a common problem. The skin needs moisture to stay smooth and supple, and to retain moisture is especially difficult in winter. Central heating of home and other buildings is very drying to the skin.

Simple daily routines, such as bathing and towel drying, may actually remove moisture from the skin. Modifying the bathing routine will help preserve the skin's moisture. Bathing provides the skin with moisturize temporarily, but it removes the skin's oily lipid layer and in the long run causes more moisture loss than gain.

The use of special skin lotions is considered an antixerosis treatment.

1. Preventing dryness of the skin.
2. A medicine that relieves or prevents dry skin.

A following of one thing after another in time.

1. The elixir of life (alchemy), a substance which when drunk was supposed to bring immortality or at least prolong one's life.
2. A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ailments.
3. In pharmacy, a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing, or used as a vehicle for, medicinal substances.
3. An alchemic preparation formerly believed to be capable of transmuting base metals into gold.
4. The quintessence or absolute embodiment of anything.
5. A panacea; cure-all; sovereign remedy.
6. From Arabic al-iksir, probably from late Greek xerion, "powder for drying wounds", from Greek xeros, "dry."

A reference to desert organisms that thrive best in both strong sunlight and dry conditions.

A reference to desert creatures and plants that thrive well in both strong sunlight and drought situations.

The preference of desert organisms that thrive best in both strong sunlight and dry conditions.

Any condition of the larynx characterized by diminished secretions resulting in a dryness of the larynx or throat.

Dryness of the pharynx or throat, as in atrophic pharyngitis.

Chronic pharyngitis marked by atrophy (decrease in size) of the mucous glands and abnormal secretion which results in a dry, glazed appearance.

Drying up; desiccation.

1. Becoming parched or dried up; withering (drying up or shriveling from loss of moisture).
2. Having desiccative (dried out thoroughly) properties; drying.

1. Originating in a dry habitat; such as, a rocky shore, cliff, or desert.
2. Developing in dry places; said of plant succession (development of a plant community from its initial stage to its final stage).

A disease of the hair in which there is abnormal dryness and brittleness, and eventually hair loss.

1. A reference to a habitat having a low or inadequate supply of moisture.
2. Tolerating or adapted to dry conditions.
3. Relating or adapted to an extremely dry habitat.
4. Succulents; such as, cacti, aloes, and agaves are xeric plants.

1. The growing of plants with a minimal use of water.
2. Gardens, landscapes, etc. that require a small amount of water.