pinta

1 of 2

noun (1)

pin·​ta ˈpin-tə 

-ˌtä

: a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a treponemal spirochete (Treponema careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis

pinta

2 of 2

noun (2)

ˈpīn-tə 

British

: a pint of milk

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

American Spanish, from Spanish, spot, mark, from Vulgar Latin *pincta

Noun (2)

pint + -a (as in cuppa)

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1825, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1959, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

pinta

noun

pin·​ta ˈpint-ə, ˈpin-ˌtä 

: a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a spirochete of the genus Treponema (T. careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis

called also mal del pinto, pinto