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pityroid

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[pit-uh-roid] / ˈpɪt əˌrɔɪd /

adjective

Medicine/Medical.
  1. scaly; resembling bran.


Etymology

Origin of pityroid

1840–50; < Greek pítȳr ( on ) bran, scale + -oid

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