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pityriasis

[ pit-uh-rahy-uh-sis ]

noun

  1. Pathology. any of various skin diseases marked by the shedding of branlike scales of epidermis.
  2. Veterinary Pathology. a skin disease in various domestic animals marked by dry scales.


pityriasis

/ ËŒ±èɪ³Ùəˈ°ù²¹ÉªÉ™²õɪ²õ /

noun

  1. any of a group of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of dry flakes of skin
  2. a similar skin disease of certain domestic animals
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pityriasis1

1685–95; < New Latin < Greek ±è¾±³Ù²âÌ„°ùíÄå²õ¾±²õ branlike eruption, equivalent to ±èí³Ù²âÌ„°ù ( on ) bran, scale + -¾±Äå²õ¾±²õ -iasis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pityriasis1

C17: via New Latin from Greek pituriasis scurfiness, from pituron bran
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These skin conditions can include, among other things, hives, measles-like rashes and a full body rash similar to pityriasis rosea.

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A Connecticut woman said that when her biracial daughter first developed patches of blanched, hypopigmented skin at age 10, it was misdiagnosed as a benign condition called pityriasis alba.

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In 1924, a skin specialist at the University of Minnesota diagnosed her with pityriasis rubra pilaris, a chronic skin disease that had no significant treatment options or a cure at the time.

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Some dry and scaly skin eruptions, of which pityriasis is the most common, need different treatment.

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Pharmacology and Therapeutics.—Carbolic acid is an efficient parasiticide, and is largely used in destroying the fungus of ringworm and of the skin disease known as pityriasis versicolor.

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