Dandruff vs Furfuraceous - What's the difference?
dandruff | furfuraceous |
Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis .
Made of bran.
Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran; resembling dandruff.
* 1828 , William Jackson Hooker, Pitcairnia Bracteata: Bracteated Pitcairnia'', Samuel Curtis (editor), ''Curtis's Botanical Magazine: Or, Flower Garden Displayed , Volume 55 [Volume 2 of the New Series],
* 1834 , Baron Alibert, Samuel Plumbe (translator), On the Diseases of the Skin'', Michael Ryan (editor), ''London Medical and Surgical Journal , Volume 4,
* 2000 , Dashka Slater, The Wishing Box ,
As a noun dandruff
is scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.As an adjective furfuraceous is
made of bran.dandruff
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Alternative forms
* dandriff (rare)Noun
(-)- Dandruff is on my collar again.
Derived terms
* danderfurfuraceous
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Adjective
(-)page 207,
- Leaves a foot or more long on the lower part of the cylindrical and furfuraceous stem, linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, obscurely striated, very acuminated, the margin entire, except at the sheathing base, where there are some strong brown teeth pointing upwards:.
page 207,
- This form does not produce crusts, but furfuraceous scales, white, more or less thick, sometimes damp, and adhering to the hair by the help of a viscous and fœtid discharge, and sometimes dry and friable, detaching itself from the head with the greatest facility.
page 6,
- When she looked at photographs of raging urticaria or furfuraceous rashes, she teetered between repulsion and captivation.
