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Definition of Pityriasis

1. Noun. Any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin.

Definition of Pityriasis

1. n. A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles.

2. n. A disease of domestic animals characterized by dry epithelial scales, and due to digestive disturbances and alteration of the function of the sebaceous glands.

Definition of Pityriasis

1. Noun. (pathology) Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pityriasis

1. [n -RIASES]

Medical Definition of Pityriasis

1. A name originally applied to a group of skin diseases characterised by the formation of fine, branny scales, but now used only with a modifier. Origin: Gr. Pityron = bran This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Pityriasis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On diseases of the skin: A System of Cutaneous Medicine by Erasmus Wilson (1868)
"pityriasis is a superficial inflammation of the skin, accompanied with a ... The degree of redness of pityriasis and the depth of cutaneous tissue involved, ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
""Nevertheless, pityriasis nibra circinata differs in the absence of elevation from that which pertains to both psoriasis and tinea ..."

3. Treatise on Diseases of the Skin for the Use of Advanced Students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1914)
"Richaud, "Etude sur le pityriasis pilaris," These de Paris, 1877. 3 Besnier, "Observations pour servir a l'histoire clinique du pityriasis rubra pilaris," ..."

4. The Principles and Practice of Medicine by John Elliotson, Thomas Stewardson (1844)
"I shall describe pityriasis first; because the scales are exceedingly thin, ... When it occurs in the head of children, it is called " pityriasis capitis ..."

5. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin: For the Use of Students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1915)
"pityriasis rosea is an acute, rarely chronic, self-limited, eruptive disease, characterized by superficial scaling patches of varying size, usually round, ..."

6. Diseases of the Skin: An Outline of the Principles and Practice of Dermatology by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1903)
"505); pityriasis versicolor is a parasitic disease as tinea versicolor (p. ... pityriasis rubra and pityriasis rubra pilaris constitute a class for which ..."

7. On diseases of the skin: A System of Cutaneous Medicine by Erasmus Wilson (1868)
"pityriasis is a superficial inflammation of the skin, accompanied with a ... The degree of redness of pityriasis and the depth of cutaneous tissue involved, ..."

8. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
""Nevertheless, pityriasis nibra circinata differs in the absence of elevation from that which pertains to both psoriasis and tinea ..."

9. Treatise on Diseases of the Skin for the Use of Advanced Students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1914)
"Richaud, "Etude sur le pityriasis pilaris," These de Paris, 1877. 3 Besnier, "Observations pour servir a l'histoire clinique du pityriasis rubra pilaris," ..."

10. The Principles and Practice of Medicine by John Elliotson, Thomas Stewardson (1844)
"I shall describe pityriasis first; because the scales are exceedingly thin, ... When it occurs in the head of children, it is called " pityriasis capitis ..."

11. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin: For the Use of Students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1915)
"pityriasis rosea is an acute, rarely chronic, self-limited, eruptive disease, characterized by superficial scaling patches of varying size, usually round, ..."

12. Diseases of the Skin: An Outline of the Principles and Practice of Dermatology by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1903)
"505); pityriasis versicolor is a parasitic disease as tinea versicolor (p. ... pityriasis rubra and pityriasis rubra pilaris constitute a class for which ..."

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