pachydermic

1. (medicine) Characterized by or characteristic of pachydermy.Examples: "Pachydermic changes may take place either in the interarytenoid commissure or in the mucous membrane covering the true vocal cords, or it may exist in a generally diffuse form within the larynx."; "In pachydermic idiocy the symptoms are more decided and the appearance more distinctive. In the cretin the hands are of a more normal shape, whereas in the pachydermic idiot the fingers are lumpy and the hands swollen."; "In some cases, these changes can spread beyond the injury site to the entire limb, and in the worst case, in addition to excruciating pain and hyperesthesia, the skin becomes pachydermic."