pityriasis

[ pit-uh-rahy-uh-sis ]

/ ˌpɪt əˈraɪ ə sɪs /

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noun

Pathology. any of various skin diseases marked by the shedding of branlike scales of epidermis.

Veterinary Pathology. a skin disease in various domestic animals marked by dry scales.

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Origin of pityriasis

1685–95; <New Latin <Greek pitȳríāsis branlike eruption, equivalent to pítȳr(on) bran, scale + -iāsis-iasis

Words nearby pityriasis

pituitous, pituri, pit viper, pity, pitying, pityriasis, pityriasis alba, pityriasis linguae, pityriasis rosea, pityriasis rubra, pityriasis rubra pilaris

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How to use pityriasis in a sentence

These skin conditions can include, among other things, hives, measles-like rashes and a full body rash similar to pityriasis rosea.
Why covid arm and other post-vaccine rashes might actually be a ‘good thing’|Marlene Cimons|April 11, 2021|Washington Post
How is pityriasis rosea distinguished from ringworm, psoriasis and the squamous syphiloderm?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
It cures pityriasis, and renders the hair very soft, without drying it too much as is usually the case with soap.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Pityriasis, a skin eruption attended with branlike desquamation.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood

The skin disease Pityriasis (tinea) versicolor was shown to be due to the Microsporon furfur by Eichstedt in 1846.
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology|Charles Bradfield Morrey
The only endemic for which the geographic history cannot be adequately explained is the monotypic Pityriasis gymnocephala.
Birds from North Borneo|Max C. Thompson

British Dictionary definitions for pityriasis

pityriasis

/ (ˌpɪtəˈraɪəsɪs) /

noun

any of a group of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of dry flakes of skin

a similar skin disease of certain domestic animals

Word Origin for pityriasis

C17: via New Latin from Greek pituriasis scurfiness, from pituron bran

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for pityriasis

pityriasis

[ pĭt′ĭ-rī′ə-sĭs ]

n. pl. pit•y•ri•a•ses (-sēz′)

Any of various skin diseases of humans and animals, characterized by epidermal shedding of flaky scales.

Other words from pityriasis

pit′y•ri′a•sic (-sĭk) adj.