The meaning of Dandruff

Dandruff – definition

noun
Small pieces of dead skin in a person's hair.
Usage examples:
There was a certain amount of dandruff on the shirt

noun
Small, white bits of dead skin that sometimes gather in the hair or fall on the clothes, esp. on the shoulders

头皮

Roos, Roos op het hoofd

Pellicules

Schuppen, Kopfschuppen, Schinnen, Seborrhö

रूसी, बालों की रूसी, बालों में रूसी, खौस

Forfora

비듬

Перхоть

Caspa, Champú

Word origin

mid 16th century: the first element is unknown; the second ( -ruff ) is perhaps related to Middle English rove ‘quality of being scurfy’.

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