PITYRIASIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

dermatosis (disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pityriasis"):

dandruff (a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp)

pityriasis alba (common form of pityriasis (usually in children or young adults) characterized by round patches of depigmentation)

pityriasis rosea (pityriasis in which an itchy rash develops over the trunk and extremities)

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