psoriasis

From Late Latin psōriasis (“mange, scurvy, psoriasis”), from Koine Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis), from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”) + -σις (-sis, “-sis: forming nouns of action & medical disorders”). Cognate with psora.

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹaɪ.əsɪs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs

psoriasis (countable and uncountable, plural psoriases)

1. (pathology) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
   • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 11:

     He suffers from a skin complaint, psoriasis, which has rendered his hands scaly, hard and red.

• lepra (obs.)

• psora

From Ancient Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsoriɑsis/, [ˈps̠o̞riˌɑs̠is̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑsis
• Syllabification^(key): pso‧ri‧a‧sis

psoriasis

1. (medicine) psoriasis

• psoriaasi
• hilsetystauti

From Ancient Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis), from ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”) + -σις (-sis, “action, process”).

• IPA^(key): /soˈɾjasis/ [soˈɾja.sis]
• Rhymes: -asis
• Syllabification: pso‧ria‧sis

psoriasis f (plural psoriasis)

1. (dermatology) psoriasis

• “psoriasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014