pityroid

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“bran”) + -oid.

Adjective

pityroid (comparative more pityroid, superlative most pityroid)

1. Having the form of, or resembling, bran.
   • 1899, Merck's Archives:

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

References

• “pityroid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• pyritoid