furfur

American  

[fur-fer] / ˈfɜr fər /

noun

plural

furfures

1. the formation of flakelike particles on the surface of the skin, as of dandruff.

2. furfures, these particles.

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furfur British  

/ ˈfɜːfə /

noun

1. a scaling of the skin; dandruff

2. any scale of the epidermis

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Etymology

Origin of furfur

1615–25; < Latin: bran, scaly infection

Example Sentences

The culprit, it said, is a couple of yeastlike funguses, M. restricta and M. globosa, and not the fungus that has long been a primary suspect, M. furfur.

From Time Magazine Archive

The meal don't is valuable better than the furfur.'''

From Literary Blunders by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

It is believed that such cases are variously due to the trichophyton of ringworm, to the microsporon furfur of tinea versicolor, to the microsporon minutissimus of erythrasma, and to other parasites.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Quaerit a me dominus doctor Chrysologos, id est, qui dit d'or, Quare parvum lac et furfur macrum, Phlebotomia et purgatio humorum Appellantur a medisantibus idolae medicorum, Atque pontus asinorum.

From The Imaginary Invalid by Wall, Charles Heron