pityriasis

See also: Pityriasis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɪtəˈɹaɪəsɪs/

Noun

pityriasis (countable and uncountable, plural pityriases)

1. (pathology) Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales, such as dandruff. [from 17th c.]
   • 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 137:

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

Derived terms

• pityriasis rosea
• pityriasis versicolor

 

Translations

any of several varieties of skin diseases

• Dutch: zemelenuitslag (nl)
• Italian: pitiriasi (it) f
• Japanese: 粃糠疹 (ひこうしん, hikōshin)
• Ottoman Turkish: كلف (kelef)
• Spanish: pitiriasis f