seborrhea

English

Alternative forms

• seborrhoea
• seborrhœa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin sēbumlbor.

English seb(um)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

Proto-Indo-European *ser-?

Proto-Indo-European *srew-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *sréweti

Proto-Hellenic *hréwō

Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)

Ancient Greek ῥοία (rhoía)bor.

English -rrhea

English seborrhea

From seb(um) + -o- + -rrhea.

Noun

seborrhea (countable and uncountable, plural seborrheas)

1. (pathology) A skin disorder causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.

Synonyms

• seborrhagia (dated, uncommon)

Derived terms

• hyperseborrhea
• seborrheal
• seborrheic

Related terms

• sebaceous

Translations

skin disorder

• Catalan: seborrea
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮脂溢 (zh)

• Finnish: seborrea, talinvuoto
• Italian: seborrea (it) f
• Portuguese: seborreia f
• Russian: себоре́я (ru) (seboréja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: salotok m

• Spanish: seborrea (es) f
• Turkish: sebore

See also

• cradle cap