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Pityriasis   Listen
noun
Pityriasis  n.  
1.
(Med.) A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles.
2.
(Veter.) A disease of domestic animals characterized by dry epithelial scales, and due to digestive disturbances and alteration of the function of the sebaceous glands.
Pityriasis versicolor (Med.), a parasitic disease of the skin, characterized by the development of reddish or brownish patches.





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... pityriasis.—This attacks the horse's head where the harness presses, and leads to dropping of the hair, leaving bald patches covered with a branlike scurf, without any eruption, heat, tenderness, swelling, or rigidity of the skin. A lotion ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture


Words linked to "Pityriasis" :   pityriasis alba, dandruff, dermatosis


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