Dandruff

Noun

 * 1) Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.
 * Dandruff is on my collar again.

Derived terms

 * dander

Thesaurus
carrion, chip, corruption, decay, excrement, filth, flake, floccule, flocculus, flock, foul matter, furfur, gangrene, mess, muck, mucus, obscenity, ordure, paring, pus, putrid matter, rot, scale, scurf, scuz, shaving, slime, smut, snot, sordes

Alternative forms

 * dandriff

Etymology
The word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, the second element derives from Northumbrian or E. Anglian dialect huff:, hurf:, from hrufa:, from P.Gmc. *hreufaz, source of O.E. hreofla:

Translations

 * Arabic: قشرة اراس
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: zahi
 * Bulgarian: пърхот
 * Catalan:
 * Balearic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: skæl
 * Dutch:, hoofdroos,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ,
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: првут
 * Norwegian: flass
 * Persian: شورہ سر
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Sicilian: canigghiola
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: mjäll
 * Telugu: చుండ్రు
 * Thai: ขี้รังแค, รังแค
 * Turkish:
 * Thai: ขี้รังแค, รังแค
 * Turkish: