¹pinta

noun pin·ta \ˈpin-tə, -ˌtä\

Definition of PINTA

: 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

Origin of PINTA

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

First Known Use: 1825

²pinta

noun \ˈpīn-tə\

Definition of PINTA

British

: a pint of milk

Origin of PINTA

pint + -a (as in cuppa)

First Known Use: 1959

Medical Dictionary

pinta

noun pin·ta \ˈpint-ə, ˈpin-ˌtä\

Medical Definition of PINTA

: 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