branny

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DEFINITION.—Measles is an acute infectious disease involving the skin and mucous membranes, characterized by successive stages and a maculo-papular eruption, which terminates in a fine branny desquamation.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The granulation of the middlings is done after the impurities are removed, the object being first to separate as perfectly as possible the middlings from the branny portions of the kernel.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

The scales may be fine and branny or as is most common, the skin peels in large particles.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

As the fading proceeds, the spots drop off in the form of little branny scales, which are sometimes, from their minuteness, scarcely perceptible.

From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas

They are generally followed by branny desquamation of the cuticle in the position they have occupied.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various