Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

pityriasismore about pityriasis

pityriasis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pityriasis  \Pit`y*ri"a*sis\,  n.  (Veter.) 
  A  disease  of  domestic  animals  characterized  by  dry  epithelial 
  scales,  and  due  to  digestive  disturbances  and  alteration  of 
  the  function  of  the  sebaceous  glands. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pityriasis  \Pit`y*ri"a*sis\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  fr  ?,  lit., 
  bran.]  (Med.) 
  A  superficial  affection  of  the  skin,  characterized  by 
  irregular  patches  of  thin  scales  which  are  shed  in  branlike 
  particles. 
 
  {Pityriasis  versicolor}  [NL.]  (Med.),  a  parasitic  disease  of 
  the  skin,  characterized  by  the  development  of  reddish  or 
  brownish  patches. 




more about pityriasis