|
|
Definition of Pityriasis alba
1. Noun. Common form of pityriasis (usually in children or young adults) characterized by round patches of depigmentation.
Pityriasis Alba Pictures
Click the following link to bring up a new window with an automated collection of images related to the term: Pityriasis Alba Images
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pityriasis Alba
Literary usage of Pityriasis alba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dartrous Diathesis, Or Eczema and Its Allied Affections by Alfred Hardy (1868)
"Authors have admitted several varieties of pityriasis ; but the only ones that
we acknowledge are the following : pityriasis alba or communis, ..."
2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"pityriasis alba of the face is, indeed, frequently associated with the chronic
circumscribed body patches, but it is such an exceedingly prevalent affection ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
"... and pityriasis alba. Concerning pityriasis rubra (which, it may be remarked,
is not very clearly portrayed), pilaris, and alba it is not necessary here ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology by William Allen Pusey (1917)
"... 55 Pinta, 797 Pituitary secretion in skin diseases, 69 pityriasis alba
atrophicans, 937 Pityriasis capitis, 400, 402 Pityriasis lichenoides chronica, ..."
5. The Ready reference handbook of diseases of the skin by George Thomas Jackson (1905)
"pityriasis alba Atrophicans. This disease begins in early life as a partly
lamellar, partly branny ..."
Other Resources Relating to: Pityriasis alba
