Definition of Ptilosis

1. n. Same as Pterylosis.

Definition of Ptilosis

1. Noun. pterylosis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ptilosis

1. plumage [n PTILOSES] - See also: plumage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptilosis

pterygopodium
pterygoquadrate
pterygote
pteryla
pterylae
pterylas
pterylographies
pterylography
pteryloses
pterylosis
ptilochronology
ptilonorhynchid
ptilonorhynchids
ptilopaedic
ptiloses
ptilosis (current term)
ptisan
ptisane
ptisans
ptochologist
ptochologists
ptochology
ptomain
ptomaine
ptomaine poisoning
ptomaines
ptomainic
ptomains
ptooey
ptooie

Literary usage of Ptilosis

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"ptilosis reaching to or beyond linear nostrils ; no crests ; tail cuneate ... ptilosis reaching to linearer rounded nostrils ; bill conic or ..."

2. Suggestions to medical writers by George Milbry Gould (1900)
"Let us, therefore, disobey the dictionaries and pronounce, ptosis,ptilosis,psycho- pterygoid, etc., without the initial silent letters, whether in the ..."

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