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pityriasis

Noun

pit=y=ri=a=sis

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pityriasis(n = noun.state) - any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin;

has particulars: dandruff, pityriasis alba, pityriasis rosea

pityriasis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. , fr. , lit., bran.].

A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles. [1913 Webster]
A disease of domestic animals characterized by dry epithelial scales, and due to digestive disturbances and alteration of the function of the sebaceous glands. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

∥Pityriasis versicolor [NL.] (Med.), a parasitic disease of the skin, characterized by the development of reddish or brownish patches.

pityriasis, n. any of a group of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of branlike scales.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk pituriasis f. pituron bran