psoriasis
/səˈɹaɪ.əsɪs/
psoriasis noun: a noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
Noun
psoriasis (countable and uncountable, plural psoriases)
- A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
- He suffers from a skin complaint, psoriasis, which has rendered his hands scaly, hard and red.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 11
- Synonyms:
- lepra
psoriasis meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati and Tagalog
psoriasis in Tamil
- சிரங்கு, நமட்டுச் சிரங்கு, நீண்ட காலச் சரும வியாதி, உரி தோலழற்சி, உளவழித் தோலழற்சி, தடிப்புத் தோல் அழற்சி
psoriasis in Urdu
- دوسدف, جلد کی ایک بیماری
psoriasis in Gujarati
- psoriasis
- કરોળિયો karoḷiyo
psoriasis in Tagalog
- skin disease
- soryasis
More languagesFewer languages
- psoriasis in Arabic
- صَدَفِيَّة ṣadafiyya
- psoriasis in Indonesian
- psoriasis
- psoriasis in Persian
- صدفک sadafak
- psoriasis in Thai
- สะเก็ดเงิน sà-gèt-ngən
Examples of psoriasis in a sentence
- Rupioid, elephantine, and ostraceous psoriasis are special forms of plaque psoriasis characterized by gross hyperkeratosis.
- The hypogranulosis formed in human psoriasis was absent in the mouse model tested in the present work.
- Tar preparations, possessing both antiitch and antiinflammatory properties, have long been employed in the treatment of psoriasis.
Synonyms of psoriasis
Forms of psoriasis
| plural | psoriases |
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Origin of 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.
Words formed from psoriasis
Questions about psoriasis
- What does psoriasis mean?
- Psoriasis means a noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
- What is psoriasis in Tamil?
- Psoriasis in Tamil is சிரங்கு, நமட்டுச் சிரங்கு, நீண்ட காலச் சரும வியாதி. See Psoriasis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is psoriasis?
- Psoriasis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce psoriasis?
- Psoriasis is pronounced /səˈɹaɪ.əsɪs/.
- What is the plural of psoriasis?
- The plural of psoriasis is psoriases.
Words near psoriasis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: psoriasis (page history and authors); psoriasis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psoriasis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); કરોળિયો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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