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Pityriasis

//ˌpɪtəˈɹaɪəsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales, such as dandruff. countable, uncountable

    "‘This patch is pityriasis, you see, it's coffee-coloured. The things we use for the other troubles will cure that too.’"

  2. 2
    any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin pityriasis, from Koine Greek πιτυρίασις (pituríasis), from Ancient Greek πίτῡρον (pítūron, “bran”).

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