psora

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”). Compare psoriasis.

Noun

psora (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A cutaneous disease, especially the itch.

Related terms

• psoriasis

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “psora”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Paros, aspro, praos, proas, rapos, rapso, roaps, sapor, sapro-

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpsoː.ra/, [ˈps̠oːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/, [ˈpsɔːrä]

Noun

psōra f (genitive psōrae); first declension

1. The itch, mange

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	psōra	psōrae
Genitive	psōrae	psōrārum
Dative	psōrae	psōrīs
Accusative	psōram	psōrās
Ablative	psōrā	psōrīs
Vocative	psōra	psōrae

Synonyms

• scabies
• sarna

References

• “psora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• psora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.