pityroid

pityroid
/pit"euh royd'/, adj. Med.
scaly; resembling bran.
[1840-50; < Gk pítyr(on) bran, scale + -OID]

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pitˈyroid adjective (archaic)
Bran-like
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Main Entry:pityriasis

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pityroid, a. rare.
(ˈpɪtɪrɔɪd)
[f. Gr. πίτυρ-ον bran + -oid: cf. Gr. πιτυρώδης bran-like.]
Resembling bran; bran-like.
in Smart; and in later Dicts.

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  • Pityroid — Pit y*roid, a. [Gr. ? bran + oid.] Having the form of, or resembling, bran. Smart. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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