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单词 pityriasis
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pityriasisn.

Brit. /ˌpɪtᵻˈrʌɪəsɪs/, U.S. /ˌpɪdəˈraɪəsəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pityriasis.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pityriasis (15th cent. in a British source) < Hellenistic Greek πιτυρίασις scurf < ancient Greek πίτυρον bran, in Hellenistic Greek also scurf (of uncertain origin) + -ιασις -iasis suffix. In sense 2 after scientific Latin Pityriasis, genus name (P. Lesson 1839, in Revue zool. 2 136), alluding to the straw-coloured bristles on the head.
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.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > scurfy or scabby state or disease
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scabc1250
scallc1374
lepraa1398
morphoeaa1398
scalledness1398
morphewa1400
scabiesc1400
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scruff14..
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rove?c1450
scabnessc1450
scabbedness1483
scaldness1527
scurfinessa1529
scaledness1530
dandruff1545
skalfering1561
bran1574
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reefa1585
scabbiness1584
scald1598
skilfers1599
scabiosity1608
scalliness1610
scaliness1611
furfur1621
morph1681
pityriasis1684
psoriasis1684
porrigo1706
scaly tetter1799
motley dandruff1822
scale-skin1822
parapsoriasis1903
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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).
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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).
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