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cuaxincayotl.

Headword: 
cuaxincayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

dandruff on the head, or ringworm scabs in boys (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quaxincayotl
Alonso de Molina: 

quaxincayotl. caspa dela cabeza, o postillas de tiña de muchachos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 88r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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