Pityriasis

[piti'raiәsis]

Definition

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

Typist: Ronald--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles.

Typist: Toni

Definition

n. the term given to certain of the squamous or scaly diseases of the skin in which there is a continual throwing off of bran-like scales of epidermis.—adj. Pit′yroid bran-like.

Typed by Leona