See Also: pityriasis(dictionary)
Pityriasis(health)
pityriasis(medicine)
pityriasis versicolor(medicine)
pityriasis sicca(medicine)
pityriasis rubra(medicine)
pityriasis rosea(medicine)
pityriasis nigra(medicine)
pityriasis maculata(medicine)
pityriasis linguae(medicine)

pityriasis (iou)



pityriasis noun. . L17.
[mod. Latin from Greek pituriasis scurf, from pituron bran: see -IASIS.]
Medicine. Formerly, any of various skin conditions characterized by the development of fine flaky scales. Now only in mod. Latin phrs.
pityriasis capitis dandruff.