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Definition of Dandruff
1. Noun. A condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp.
2. Noun. Loose scales shed from the scalp. "I could see the dandruff on her shoulders"
Definition of Dandruff
1. n. A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles.
Definition of Dandruff
1. Noun. Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; ''Pityriasis capitis''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dandruff
1. a scurf that forms on the scalp [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dandruff
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandruff
Literary usage of Dandruff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"dandruff, scalp very tender to touch, cannot bear even a soft brush on at; scalp
rough and uneven; or hair seems very greasy, with a cool head, ..."
2. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"dandruff. Definition.—The presence of fine, grayish-white scales on the skin or
in the hair, ... dandruff may be due to several causes, riz. ..."
3. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"Schindler & Moser, Ö. M., 1906, 193.—Tennert, Z. f. Vk., 1902, 361. 4. dandruff.
Seborrhoea. The excessive formation of sebum arises, according to ..."
4. The Standard Formulary: A Collection of Nearly Five Thousand Formulas for by Albert Ethelbert Ebert, A. Emil Hiss (1904)
"Remedies for dandruff. dandruff requires treatment mainly for the reason that it
may be either the precursor or the cause of baldness. ..."
5. Diseases and Their Cure: Fifty Years' Experience by O. H. Crandall, Joseph B. Chapman (1898)
"dandruff is usually an induced superficial exfoliation of the derma or skin of
the scalp. We say induced, or produced by mechanical or chemical means, ..."
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