pinta
1 of 2noun (1)
pin·ta ˈpin-tə 
-ˌtä
: a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a treponemal spirochete (Treponema careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis
pinta
2 of 2noun (2)
ˈpīn-tə
British
: a pint of milk
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
American Spanish, from Spanish, spot, mark, from Vulgar Latin *pincta
Noun (2)
pint + -a (as in cuppa)
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1825, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1959, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
pinta
noun
pin·ta ˈpint-ə, ˈpin-ˌtä
: a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a spirochete of the genus Treponema (T. careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis
called also mal del pinto, pinto