furfur

[ fur-fer ]

noun

, plural fur·fur·es [fur, -fy, uh, -reez, -f, uh, -].

1. the formation of flakelike particles on the surface of the skin, as of dandruff.
2. furfures, these particles.

furfur

/ ˈfɜːfə /

noun

1. a scaling of the skin; dandruff
2. any scale of the epidermis

Word History and Origins

Origin of furfur¹

1615–25; < Latin: bran, scaly infection

Word History and Origins

Origin of furfur¹

C17: from Latin: bran, scurf

Example Sentences

Furfur, fur′fur, n. dandruff, scurf—also Fur′fair.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

The culprit, it said, is a couple of yeastlike funguses, M. restricta and M. globosa, and not the fungus that has long been a primary suspect, M. furfur.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scurf—“furfur or furfura”—is a formation depending on the natural and healthy exfoliation of the skin on every part of the body on which hair or down grows, but most extensive and observable on the scalp, on account of the abundance and darker color of the hair there.

From Project Gutenberg

To a vegetable fungus—the microsporon furfur.

From Project Gutenberg

It is believed that such cases are variously due to the trichophyton of ringworm, to the microsporon furfur of tinea versicolor, to the microsporon minutissimus of erythrasma, and to other parasites.

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