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Dandruff

Dandruff Meaning & Definition
Dandruff Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dandruff?

[n] loose scales shed from the scalp; "I could see the dandruff on her shoulders"
[n] a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dandruff:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dandruff: carrion | chip | corruption | decay | excrement | filth | flake | floccule | flocculus | flock | foul matter | furfur | gangrene | mess | muck | mucus | obscenity | ordure | paring | pus | putrid matter | rot | scale | scurf | scuz | shaving | slime | smut | snot | sordes

See Also | exfoliation | pityriasis | scale | scurf

Dandruff In Webster's Dictionary

\Dandruff\, n. [Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr?f dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. [root]240.] A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also {dandriff}.]

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