Pityriasis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various skin diseases of humans and animals, characterized by epidermal shedding of flaky scales.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles.
  • n. A disease of domestic animals characterized by dry epithelial scales, and due to digestive disturbances and alteration of the function of the sebaceous glands.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pathology, a condition of the skin or some portion of it in which it sheds more or less fine bran-like scales.
  • n.
  • n. In ornithology, a genus of piping-crows of the family Corvidæ, founded by Lesson in 1837. The only species, P. gymnocephalus, inhabits Borneo and Sumatra.
  • n. A scaly eczema. Also called eczema squamosum and psoriasis diffusa.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dermatosis   
    Hyponym
    pityriasis rosea    pityriasis alba    dandruff   
     
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