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Definition: Cradle Cap |
Cradle CapNoun1. A dermatitis of the scalp that is common in infants. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Seborrhea of the scalp of nursing infants. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An oily yellowish crust that sometimes appears on the scalp of nursing infants; also called milk crust (crusta lactea). The crust is caused by excessive secretion of the sebaceous glands. . . Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Oily yellowish crust that sometimes appears on the scalp of nursing infants. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cradle cap | 231 |
baby cradle cap | 10 |
cradle cap and treatment of | 7 |
infant cradle cap | 7 |
cradle cap remedy | 6 |
cradle cap and cure | 5 |
you get rid of cradle cap | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cradle cap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | mælkeskorpe (crusta lactea, milk crust), atopisk dermatitis (atopic dermatitis), arp (dermatitis seborrheica, dermatitis seborrhoeica infantum, seborrheic dermatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | crusta lactea (crusta lactea, milk crust), kletskop (crusta lactea, favus, honeycomb disease, honeycomb ringworm, milk crust), berg (mountain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | croûte de lait (crusta lactea, milk crust), chapeau (crossbar), impétigo vulgaire, gourme, eczéma infantile (crusta lactea, milk crust), dermatite atopique infantile (crusta lactea, milk crust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Crusta lactea (crusta lactea, milk crust), Grindflechte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σμηγματόρροια του τριχωτού της κεφαλής των νεογνών (crusta lactea, milk crust), νινίδα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | crosta lattea (crusta lactea, milk crust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adlecray apcay crosta láctea (crusta lactea, milk crust). (various references) crusta láctea (crusta lactea, milk crust), costra láctea. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Cradle Cap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: craddle cap. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-l-p-r" | |
-2 letters: caldera, carpale, craaled, palaced, placard. | |
-3 letters: alcade, arcade, caecal, calcar, calpac, carcel, carpal, carped, carpel, cradle, craped, credal, earlap, palace, parade, parcel, parled, pedlar, placed, placer, reclad, redcap. | |
-4 letters: acred, alder, apace, arced, areal, areca, cadre, caeca, caped, caper, cared, carle, cecal, cedar, clade, clear, craal, crape, decal, drape, laced, lacer, lader, paced. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-l-p-r" | |
+4 letters: clapperclawed. | |
+5 letters: polysaccharide. | |
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