What's the difference between dandruff and furfuraceous?

Dandruff


Definition:

  • (n.) A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The efficacy of 1% ketoconazole shampoo in the treatment of dandruff was tested in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 176 patients.
  • (2) Clinical dandruff gradings of each half of the head were made 4 days after the last shampoo in each group, when scalp biopsy samples were also taken from each half of the head.
  • (3) In contrast to scales collected from the scalps of nine healthy individuals where a few parakeratotic cells are observable, a large number of parakeratotic cells associated with some infiltrated polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) were found in the scales obtained from 11 individuals complaining of dandruff.
  • (4) The agreement between RAST and skin tests was 94.5% for cat epithelium, 89.3% for egg white, 86.2% for timothy pollen, 84.2% for milk, 80.3% for mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, 78.8% for birch pollen, 71.9% for dog epithelium, 67.7% for horse dandruff, 57.3% for moulds and only 40.3% for house dust.
  • (5) Extracts of grass pollens and of animal dandruff were used.
  • (6) This was the case with Hebra who, in the 19th century, claimed that dandruff was nothing but a sebaceous disease.
  • (7) Freeze-dried extract of horse hair and dandruff was obtained by extraction, centrifugation, dialysis and freeze-drying.
  • (8) The present investigation has shown that correlation of free cholesterol level with cell turnover is permissible in patients with dandruff, even if antimicrobial drugs are being tested.
  • (9) With a dose of 6 microgram peptide, administered intradermally 24 h prior to diluted allergic serum from a horse-dandruff-sensitive individual, partial inhibition of wealing was observed in three different normal recipients following the pricking in of specific allergen.
  • (10) Timing matters when it comes to TV adverts As England fans reeled after the Uruguay defeat, ITV offered up a soothing commercial break – with ads featuring the good news that Joe Hart doesn’t have dandruff and Daniel Sturridge really enjoys a chicken teriyaki sub .
  • (11) An extract of mixed dog hair and dandruff from six different dog breeds (alsatian, boxer, collie, poodle, and long-haired and short-haired dachshund) was obtained by mild extraction, centrifugation, dialysis and freeze-drying.
  • (12) Although effective therapy in seborrhoeic dermatitis and dandruff has for a long time been based on compounds whose only common link was antipityrosporal activity, proof of this relevance was lacking until the introduction of effective antifungal drugs, in particular ketoconazole.
  • (13) In this review of new studies about dandruff, methods for clinical (subjective) evaluation and quantitative (objective) appraisal of dandruff are described.
  • (14) The clinical presentation of tinea capitis is discussed, and attention is drawn to the seborrheic type, which is easily confused with dandruff.
  • (15) Extract of hair and dandruff from the individual dog breeds was obtained in the same way, but the material was not freeze-dried.
  • (16) The results support the idea that the amount of mites in our homes not only depend on relative air humidity but also on the production of dandruff.
  • (17) While cross reactions were common with grass pollen extracts in RAST, there was no cross-over with animal dandruff.
  • (18) On the basis of these results the major allergens of the examined extract of horse hair and dandruff were identified.
  • (19) Otherwise, BP was positive when HR and rast reached scores 2 and 3 with the exception of RAST for animal dandruff.
  • (20) Du Pont had thick dandruff and when he smiled, his teeth were “dark yellow and caked with food”.

Furfuraceous


Definition:

  • (a.) Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.

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