pityriasis
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English
Etymology
From New Latin pityriasis, from Koine Greek πιτυρίασις (pituríasis), from Ancient Greek πίτῡρον (pítūron, “bran”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pityriasis (countable and uncountable, plural pityriases)
- (pathology) Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales, such as dandruff.
- 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 137:
- ‘This patch is pityriasis, you see, it's coffee-coloured. The things we use for the other troubles will cure that too.’
Derived terms
Translations
any of several varieties of skin diseases
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