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DANDRUFF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loose scales shed from the scalp

Example:

I could see the dandruff on her shoulders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("dandruff" is a kind of...):

exfoliation; scale; scurf (a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dandruff" is a kind of...):

pityriasis (any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin)

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