pinta
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noun \ˈpin-tə, -ˌtä\Definition of PINTA
: a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a treponemal spirochete (Treponema careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis
Origin of PINTA
American Spanish, from Spanish, spot, mark, from Vulgar Latin *pincta
First Known Use: 1825
2pinta
noun \ˈpīn-tə\Definition of PINTA
British : a pint of milk
Origin of PINTA
pint + -a (as in cuppa)
First Known Use: 1959
pin·ta
noun \ˈpint-ə, ˈpin-ˌtä\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of PINTA
: a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a spirochete of the genus Treponema (T. careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis—called also mal del pinto, pinto
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