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pityriasis
[ pit-uh-rahy-uh-sis ]
noun
- Pathology. any of various skin diseases marked by the shedding of branlike scales of epidermis.
- Veterinary Pathology. a skin disease in various domestic animals marked by dry scales.
pityriasis
/ ˌpɪtəˈraɪəsɪs /
noun
- any of a group of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of dry flakes of skin
- a similar skin disease of certain domestic animals
Word History and Origins
Origin of pityriasis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pityriasis1
Example Sentences
These skin conditions can include, among other things, hives, measles-like rashes and a full body rash similar to pityriasis rosea.
How is pityriasis rosea distinguished from ringworm, psoriasis and the squamous syphiloderm?
It cures pityriasis, and renders the hair very soft, without drying it too much as is usually the case with soap.
Pityriasis, a skin eruption attended with branlike desquamation.
The skin disease Pityriasis (tinea) versicolor was shown to be due to the Microsporon furfur by Eichstedt in 1846.
The only endemic for which the geographic history cannot be adequately explained is the monotypic Pityriasis gymnocephala.
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