seborrhea

seborrhea

English

Alternative forms

• seborrhoea
• seborrhœa

Etymology

From sebum + suffix -rrhea (‘flowing’), -rrhea from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).

Noun

seborrhea (countable and uncountable, plural seborrheas)

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

Derived terms

• seborrheal
• seborrheic

Translations

skin disorder

Catalan: seborrea Finnish: seborrea, talinvuoto Italian: seborrea (it) f Portuguese: seborreia f Russian: себоре́я (ru) (seboréja) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: salotok m Spanish: seborrea f Turkish: sebore

See also

• cradle cap