Definition of pityriasis in English:
pityriasis
noun ˌpɪtɪˈrʌɪəsɪsˌpɪdəˈraɪəsəs
Medicine mass noun, with modifier A skin disease characterized by the shedding of fine flaky scales.
Example sentencesExamples
- Compared with pityriasis rosea, psoriatic lesions are thicker and scalier, and the lesions are not usually distributed along skin creases.
- Some of these disease processes are known by well-established names, such as pityriasis nigra, sporotrichosis, and chromoblastomycosis.
- The rash of pityriasis rosea can look like eczema, ringworm, or psoriasis.
- Tinea versicolor, also called pityriasis versicolor, is a common yeast infection of the skin.
- The man with the new flaxen locks instead explained that he was struggling with pityriasis rosea, a chicken pox-like virus.
Origin
Late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek pituriasis 'scurf', from pituron 'bran'.
Definition of pityriasis in US English:
pityriasis
nounˌpidəˈrīəsəsˌpɪdəˈraɪəsəs
Medicine with modifier A skin disease characterized by the shedding of fine flaky scales.
Example sentencesExamples
- The man with the new flaxen locks instead explained that he was struggling with pityriasis rosea, a chicken pox-like virus.
- Tinea versicolor, also called pityriasis versicolor, is a common yeast infection of the skin.
- Compared with pityriasis rosea, psoriatic lesions are thicker and scalier, and the lesions are not usually distributed along skin creases.
- The rash of pityriasis rosea can look like eczema, ringworm, or psoriasis.
- Some of these disease processes are known by well-established names, such as pityriasis nigra, sporotrichosis, and chromoblastomycosis.
Origin
Late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek pituriasis ‘scurf’, from pituron ‘bran’.