pinta

noun (1)

pin·ta | \ ˈpin-tə

, -ˌtä\

Definition of pinta

(Entry 1 of 2)

: 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

pinta

noun (2)

\ ˈpīn-tə

Definition of pinta (Entry 2 of 2)

British

: a pint of milk

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The first known use of pinta was in 1825

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pinta

noun

pin·ta | \ ˈpint-ə, ˈpin-ˌtä

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