XERASIA

(Lat.), n. f. Zear(zar)-az(a3s)'i2-a3. Gr., (ripavia (from >)pd, dry). Fr., xerasie. 1. Of the older writers, a disease of the hair in which it became dry, ceased to grow, and came to resemble down covered with dust. [G, 16.] 2. See ALOPECIA pityrodes. 3. See ICHTHYOSIS simplex. XEROCI/ [s. 737]