porrigon.
/pəˈrʌɪɡəʊ/, U.S. /pəˈraɪɡoʊ/ Medicine. Now historical.
Any of various diseases or conditions characterized by scales or crusts on the scalp, esp. ringworm and dandruff. Frequently with distinguishing scientific Latin or English word.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > scurfy or scabby state or disease
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scallc1374
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scalledness1398
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scabbedness1483
scaldness1527
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scaledness1530
dandruff1545
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scabiosity1608
scalliness1610
scaliness1611
furfur1621
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pityriasis1684
psoriasis1684
porrigo1706
scaly tetter1799
motley dandruff1822
scale-skin1822
parapsoriasis1903
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1706 tr. M. G. Purmann Chirurgia Curiosa i. xx. 54 (heading) Herpes & Porrigo, commonly called a Tetter, or a Ring-worm, the several kinds thereof, and how they are to be cured.
1756 J. Greive tr. Celsus Of Med. vi. ii. 325 We call that disorder a porrigo, scurf, when certain small scales arise amongst the hair, and are loosened from the skin.
a1801 W. Heberden Comm. Hist. & Cure Dis. (1806) xxiii. 127 The porrigo, or scald head, begins with little spots of a branny scurf.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 633 In the last variety the ringworm porrigo.
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 144/1 Mycodermatous vegetations occur as elements of the crust of porrigo favosa.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 526 Recognised as a distinct disease under the name of ‘Contagious porrigo’.
1999 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 21 Mar. 9 Other mysterious, unexplained complaints like indolent swellings, meteorism, porrigo, pterygium, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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