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Definition of Pityriasis rosea
1. Noun. Pityriasis in which an itchy rash develops over the trunk and extremities.
Medical Definition of Pityriasis rosea
1. A mild exanthematous inflammation of unknown aetiology. It is characterised by the presence of salmon-coloured maculopapular lesions. The most striking feature is the arrangement of the lesions such that the long axis is parallel to the lines of cleavage. The eruptions are usually generalised, affecting chiefly the trunk, and the course is often self-limiting. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pityriasis Rosea
Literary usage of Pityriasis rosea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"In many cases the circinate character presents only after the disease has Fig-
37-—pityriasis rosea in an adult aged thirty, of two weeks' duration, ..."
2. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"pityriasis rosea. Synonyms.—Pityriasis maculata et circinata, Herpes tonsurans
maculosus, ... pityriasis rosea is an acute, rarely chronic, self-limited, ..."
3. Essentials of diseases of the skin by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1899)
"What do you understand by pityriasis rosea ? pityriasis rosea is a disease of a
mildly inflammatory nature, characterized by discrete or confluent, ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1911)
"Under tlu-ir frequent application daily the condition improves rapidly, but for
permanent results their use must be long continued. III.—pityriasis rosea' ..."
5. Diseases of the skin: Inluding the Acute Eruptive Fevers by Frank Crozer Knowles (1914)
"pityriasis rosea. Synonyms.—Pityriasis maculata et circinata (Bazin); ...
pityriasis rosea is an inflammatory disease which runs a more or less self-limited ..."
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