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pityriasis
pit·y·ri·a·sis [ pìtti r əssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
skin disease: a skin disease affecting humans and animals in which the skin comes off in dry flakes
[Late 17th century. Via modern Latin< Greek pituriasis< pituron "corn husks"]
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