scurfinessn.
/ˈskəːfɪnɪs/ a. The condition of being scurfy or covered with scurf.
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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
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-
a1529 J. Skelton Howe Douty Duke of Albany in Wks. (1568) sig. F.iiiiv In lousy lothsumnesse And scabbed scorffynesse.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ciij The same stamped with Honey..consumeth and scoureth away..all scurfinesse of the Head and Face.
1795 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (ed. 3) ii. i. 7 Some infants early contract a scurfyness on the head.
b. Botany. (See quot. 1900.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun] > appearance caused by scales on leaves
scurfiness1857
1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. 230 (Gloss.) Scurfiness, minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of Goosefoot, Buffalo-berry, & c.
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms Scurf..Scurfiness, the appearance produced by membranous scales.
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