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SCALY
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Irregular inflected forms: scalier , scaliest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
armored; armoured (used of animals; provided with protective covering)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Derivation:
scale (a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals)
scaliness (the property of being scaly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Synonyms:
lepidote; leprose; scabrous; scaly; scurfy
Classified under:
Similar:
rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Derivation:
scale (a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals)
scaliness (the property of being scaly)
Context examples:
A skin disease marked by scaly or thickened patches on the skin, and often caused by prolonged exposure to arsenic.
(Cutaneous Precancerous Condition, NCI Dictionary)
On the dull, scaly, slate-colored skin somewhere above the shoulder, there was a singular black circle of some substance which looked like asphalt.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Symptoms include itching, burning, and cracked, scaly skin between your toes.
(Athlete's Foot, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
A thick, scaly patch of skin that may become cancer.
(Actinic (Solar) Keratosis, NCI Dictionary)
A skin disease marked by scaly or thickened patches on the skin and often caused by prolonged exposure to arsenic.
(Bowen disease, NCI Dictionary)
On the skin surface, it presents as a single or multiple erythematous, scaly, keratotic patches or plaques.
(Bowen Disease of the Skin, NCI Thesaurus)
The lesions develop as erythematous scaly patches that progress to crusted, pruritic, erythematous plaques.
(Extramammary Paget Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
An inflammatory skin disorder of unknown etiology characterized by papules and plaques or scaly patches resembling psoriasis.
(Parapsoriasis, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare cutaneous disorder of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of reddish-orange scaly plaques, palmoplantar keratoderma, keratotic follicular papules, and confluent erythematous areas with areas of normal skin between the lesions.
(Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris, NCI Thesaurus)
A chronic inflammatory disorder that generally occurs in adulthood and is characterized by sterile pustules intermingled with scaly erythemas, vesicles and hyperkeratosis occurring at distinct sites on the palms and soles.
(Palmoplantar Pustulosis, NCI Thesaurus)
