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psoriasis
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Psoriasis \Pso*ri"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? psora.] (Med.) The state of being affected with psora. [Obs.] A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Psoriasis is a long-lasting autoimmune disease which is characterized by patches of abnormal skin. These skin patches are typically red , itchy, and scaly. They may vary in severity from small and localized to complete body coverage. Injury to the skin ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s, from medical Latin psoriasis , in Late Latin "mange, scurvy," from Greek psoriasis "being itchy," from psorian "to have the itch," from psora "itch, mange, scab," related to psen "to rub" (see psilo- ). Related: Psoriatic .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context disease English) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Available on prescription, Calcipotriol is advised for the skin condition psoriasis . ▪ I talk about a rash on my arm that looks like an allergic reaction but is in fact the heartbreak of psoriasis . ▪ It will provide a range ...
Usage examples of psoriasis.
The transition of the last stage of eczema into psoriasis is indicated by a tendency of the inflamed, thickened, scaly skin to become moist when rubbed.
Ryan had once come across a crude book that dealt with the range of disorders that ravaged scabbies: dermoid cysts, rodent ulcers, keloids, lipomata, epitheliomata, acne, psoriasis and all manner of unnamed rashes.
Faced with the trauma of an acne outburst, or with the heartbreak of psoriasis, I must learn not to bother with searching out deep structures and root causes.
The house was in better repair than most of its neighbors, although its orange tiled roof had psoriasis, and the exterior paint was faded and flaked.
He holds that the observations in myxedema, in obesity, and psoriasis warrant the belief that the thyroid gland eliminates a material having a regulating influence upon the constitution of the panniculus adiposus and upon the nutrition of the skin in general.
It is useful in psoriasis, prurigo, deafness depending on syphilitic disease of the labyrinth, baldness, chronic catarrh, catarrhal jaundice, tonsillitis, and particularly dropsy.
It has been used from remote ages for the skin diseases of animals, and more recently in medicine for psoriasis and chronic eczema.
Ryan had once come across a crude book that dealt with the range of disorders that ravaged scabbies dermoid cysts, rodent ulcers, keloids, lipomata, epitheliomata, acne, psoriasis and all manner of unnamed rashes.
All in all not a bad week's work for a man with a deviated septum and a bad case of psoriasis.