Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dandruff

2 senses of dandruff

Sense 1
dandruff -- (a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp)
       => pityriasis -- (any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin)

Sense 2
dandruff -- (loose scales shed from the scalp; "I could see the dandruff on her shoulders")
       => scale, scurf, exfoliation -- (a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin)