a tropical infectious skin disease caused by the bacterium Treponema carateum and characterized by the formation of papules and loss of pigmentation in circumscribed areas
Also called: mal de pinto
Word origin
C19: from American Spanish, from Spanish: spot, ultimately from Latin pictus painted, from pingere to paint
pinta in British English2
(ˈpaɪntə)
noun
informal
a pint of milk
Word origin
C20: phonetic rendering of pint of
Pinta in British English
(ˈpɪntə)
noun
the Pinta
pinta in American English
(ˈpɪntə)
noun
a contagious skin disease of the tropics, characterized by patches of various colors and caused by a spirochete (Treponema carateum)