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Dandruff

noun

(Written also dandriff)

A condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp.

Loose scales shed from the scalp.

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"Dandruff" Quotes from Famous Books

... daylight which prevails in this latitude during the twenty-four hours, and shaving apparatus and nail-brushes, and cold cream for cracked lips, and dentifrice for the teeth, and patent preparations for the removal of dandruff from the hair; likewise lint and splints for mending broken legs. One of them carried a theodolite for drawing inaccessible mountains within a reasonable distance; another a photographic apparatus for taking ...

— The Land of Thor • J. Ross Browne

... Dandruff.—A scaly or scurfy condition of the skin, with more or less of irritation. It is really a shedding of the scaly epidermis brought on by injudicious feeding or want of exercise as a primary cause. The dog, in cases of this kind, needs cooling medicines, such as small ...

— Dogs and All About Them • Robert Leighton

Words linked to "Dandruff" : exfoliation, pityriasis, scale, scurf