scaldhead

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English

Etymology

From scald +‎ head.

Noun

scaldhead (countable and uncountable, plural scaldheads)

Any of several scalp diseases characterised by pustules (the dried discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the hair.

Translations

disease of the scalp

Maori: pātito

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