粃ひ糠こう

noun

bran; husks

General term for the outer layers of grains, such as rice bran or wheat husks. Rare in everyday conversation; more common terms like ぬか or ふすま are used instead.

• 精せい米まいの過か程ていで粃ひ糠こうが取とり除のぞかれる。

  Bran is removed during the rice-polishing process.

noun

furfur; branny scale

Medical term for fine, bran-like scales on the skin, as in certain dermatological conditions. Used in compound words like 粃糠疹 (ひこうしん, pityriasis furfuracea).

See also: 粃糠疹

• 粃ひ糠こう疹しんは、皮ひ膚ふに細こまかい落らく屑せつが生しょうじる疾しっ患かんです。

  Pityriasis furfuracea is a condition that causes fine scaling on the skin.