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DANDRUFF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loose scales shed from the scalp
Example:
I could see the dandruff on her shoulders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("dandruff" is a kind of...):
exfoliation; scale; scurf (a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dandruff" is a kind of...):
pityriasis (any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin)