单词 | pityriasis |
释义 | pityriasisn. 1. Medicine. Originally: dandruff or scurf. In later use: any of several skin diseases characterized by the presence of lesions with bran-like scales. Frequently with distinguishing post-classical Latin word or words. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > scurfy or scabby state or disease scurfc1000 scabc1250 scallc1374 lepraa1398 morphoeaa1398 scalledness1398 morphewa1400 scabiesc1400 scale14.. scruff14.. shellsc1400 rove?c1450 scabnessc1450 scabbedness1483 scaldness1527 scurfinessa1529 scaledness1530 dandruff1545 skalfering1561 bran1574 room1578 reefa1585 scabbiness1584 scald1598 skilfers1599 scabiosity1608 scalliness1610 scaliness1611 furfur1621 morph1681 pityriasis1684 psoriasis1684 porrigo1706 scaly tetter1799 motley dandruff1822 scale-skin1822 parapsoriasis1903 dander- 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 231 Pityriasis, vid. Furfurratio. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pityriasis, the falling of Dandriff or Scurf from the Head. 1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 323 In the slighter forms of Pityriasis, the cuticle alone..appears to be in a morbid condition. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 628 The Furfuraceous or branny Scall..is often mistaken for a pityriasis or lepriasis, particularly where it appears in the scalp. 1864 W. T. Fox Skin Dis. 36 Pityriasis is a purely epithelial disease (except in the rare form P. rubra). 1939 Science 2 June 515/1 These organisms are known to produce pityriasis, superficial desquamations, localized granulomata, [etc.]. 1983 M. S. Peck People of Lie (1985) iii. 120 Pityriasis rosea is an ugly and occasionally uncomfortable skin affliction. 1991 Pulse 6 Apr. 66/2 Pityriasis versicolor appears as superficial scaly patches on the trunk, limbs and face. 2. In form Pityriasis. A genus of shrike native to Borneo, comprising only the bristlehead, Pityriasis gymnocephala (family Pityriasidae), having a black bill and mainly black plumage, with a red head and neck, and straw-coloured bristles on top of the head.The genus has been placed in various families, including a monotypic family Pityriasidae, though some genetic evidence suggests an affinity with Australasian butcher-birds (family Cracticidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike) > other types of caterpillar shrike1841 caterpillar-catcher1880 pityriasis1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Pityriasis,..a genus of piping-crows of the family Corvidæ... The only species, P. gymnocephalus, inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 362 There seem to be only four unquestionable peculiar genera [in Borneo] Pityriasis, a singular form generally referred to the Laniidæ, Schwaneria belonging to Muscicapidæ, [etc.]. 1965 Systematic Zool. 14 89/2 It is the frequency of convergence..and the absence of distinctive characters (as for instance in Pityriasis, Pseudochelidon, Ifrita, Hylia, Hypocryptadius) that make the classification of these taxa so difficult. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1684 |
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