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cradle cap

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cradle cap
n.
A form of dermatitis that occurs in infants and is characterized by heavy yellow crusted lesions on the scalp.
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Noun1.cradle cap - a dermatitis of the scalp that is common in infants
dermatitis - inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters


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Already, I know how to annoy you, who only wants to suck and suck and dream of milk while I, like a mother chimp in a National Geographic special, scrape the flakes of cradle cap from your scalp, trim your paper-thin fingernails with my teeth, wipe the wax out of your ear with the tip of my pinky.
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