pinta
noun (1)
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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)
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Definition of pinta (Entry 2 of 2)
: a pint of milk
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pinta
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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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