English Dictionary

barber's itch

名詞

不可算名詞

(medicine) Any of a number of sorts of rashes or skin eruptions in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by fungal or staphylococcal infections or by irritation from shaving.

日本語の意味

口ひげやあごひげの部分に発生する、真菌またはブドウ球菌感染、またはシェービングによる刺激によって引き起こされる皮膚の発疹や炎症。

The barber diagnosed his persistent redness under the mustache as barber's itch and recommended antifungal cream.

理髪師は口ひげの下に続く赤みを剃刀や感染による髭周りの発疹と診断し、抗真菌クリームを勧めた。

意味（1）

(medicine) Any of a number of sorts of rashes or skin eruptions in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by fungal or staphylococcal infections or by irritation from shaving.

A rather curious case was a gentleman who had been afflicted for many years with a very sore upper lip. . . . So sore had it become, that it was one great scab. In vain had he counseled the most eminent physicians, all of whom pronounced it Barber's Itch.