Pityroid

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the form of, or resembling, bran.

    "The ointment may also be applied drugs about whose ultimate destiny in the in pityroid and seborrhoic alopecia"

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branlikebranlike

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"The ointment may also be applied drugs about whose ultimate destiny in the in pityroid and seborrhoic alopecia"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίτυρον (píturon, “bran”) + -oid.

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