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Examples of scurf
scurf
Dandruff is also popularly known as Pityriasis simplex capillitii as well as scurf.
From the timesunion.com
Alex brushes men off like scurf.
From the guardian.co.uk
I am in a thread-like alley in the back end of the London borough of Enfield wading through a scurf of beer cans, chicken bones and oozing, unidentifiable things in knotted carrier bags.
From the guardian.co.uk
- (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
- Scale: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
- Pityriasis simplex capillitii (commonly known as "dandruff") is the shedding of dead skin cells from the scalp (not to be confused with a dry scalp). Dandruff is sometimes caused by frequent exposure to extreme heat and cold. ...
- (Scurfing (towsport)) Scurfing is a form of water skiing that uses a surfboard or similar board instead of skis. The scurfer is towed behind a motorboat at planing speed with a tow rope similar to that of knee boarding and wakeboarding. ...
- A skin disease; the flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease; any crust-like formations on the skin
- To flake off, or the material which flakes off. Dross.
