psoriasis

See also: Psoriasis

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹaɪ.əsɪs/, Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /sɵrɪˈjæsɪs/, /sɵˈraj(ə)sɪs/

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• lepra (obs.)

Derived terms

• antipsoriasis
• parapsoriasis
• psoriatic

Related terms

• psora

Translations

skin disease

• Arabic: صَدَفِيَّة f (ṣadafiyya)
• Catalan: psoriasi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛皮癬 / 牛皮癣 (zh) (niúpíxuǎn), 銀屑病 / 银屑病 (yínxièbìng)

• Czech: psoriáza (cs) f, lupénka (cs) f
• Danish: psoriasis (da) c
• Esperanto: psoriazo
• Faroese: psoriasis
• Finnish: psoriaasi (fi), psoriasis (fi), hilsetystauti (fi)
• French: psoriasis (fr) m
• German: Schuppenflechte f
• Greek:

  Ancient: λέπρα (lépra) (Classical), ψωρίασις (psōríasis) (Koine)

  Modern: ψωρίαση (el) (psoríasi)

• Icelandic: sóri m
• Indonesian: psoriasis (id)
• Italian: psoriasi (it) f
• Japanese: 乾癬 (ja) (かんせん, kansen)
• Korean: 건선(乾癬) (geonseon)
• Latin: leprae, lepra (Late), psoriasis (Late)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: psoriasis

  Nynorsk: psoriasis

• Persian: صدفک (fa) (sadafak)
• Polish: łuszczyca (pl) f
• Portuguese: psoríase f
• Romanian: psoriazis (ro) n
• Russian: псориа́з (ru) m (psoriáz)
• Slovene: luskavica f
• Spanish: psoriasis (es) f
• Swedish: psoriasis c
• Tagalog: soryasis
• Thai: สะเก็ดเงิน (sà-gèt-ngən)
• Turkish: sedef hastalığı (tr)

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

psoriasis

1. (medicine) psoriasis

Declension

Inflection of psoriasis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		psoriasis	psoriasikset
genitive		psoriasiksen	psoriasisten psoriasiksien
partitive		psoriasista	psoriasiksia
illative		psoriasikseen	psoriasiksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		psoriasis	psoriasikset
accusative	nom.	psoriasis	psoriasikset
	gen.	psoriasiksen
genitive		psoriasiksen	psoriasisten psoriasiksien
partitive		psoriasista	psoriasiksia
inessive		psoriasiksessa	psoriasiksissa
elative		psoriasiksesta	psoriasiksista
illative		psoriasikseen	psoriasiksiin
adessive		psoriasiksella	psoriasiksilla
ablative		psoriasikselta	psoriasiksilta
allative		psoriasikselle	psoriasiksille
essive		psoriasiksena	psoriasiksina
translative		psoriasikseksi	psoriasiksiksi
abessive		psoriasiksetta	psoriasiksitta
instructive		—	psoriasiksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of psoriasis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative psoriasikseni psoriasikseni accusative nom. psoriasikseni psoriasikseni gen. psoriasikseni genitive psoriasikseni psoriasisteni psoriasiksieni partitive psoriasistani psoriasiksiani inessive psoriasiksessani psoriasiksissani elative psoriasiksestani psoriasiksistani illative psoriasikseeni psoriasiksiini adessive psoriasiksellani psoriasiksillani ablative psoriasikseltani psoriasiksiltani allative psoriasikselleni psoriasiksilleni essive psoriasiksenani psoriasiksinani translative psoriasiksekseni psoriasiksikseni abessive psoriasiksettani psoriasiksittani instructive — — comitative — psoriasiksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative psoriasiksesi psoriasiksesi accusative nom. psoriasiksesi psoriasiksesi gen. psoriasiksesi genitive psoriasiksesi psoriasistesi psoriasiksiesi partitive psoriasistasi psoriasiksiasi inessive psoriasiksessasi psoriasiksissasi elative psoriasiksestasi psoriasiksistasi illative psoriasikseesi psoriasiksiisi adessive psoriasiksellasi psoriasiksillasi ablative psoriasikseltasi psoriasiksiltasi allative psoriasiksellesi psoriasiksillesi essive psoriasiksenasi psoriasiksinasi translative psoriasikseksesi psoriasiksiksesi abessive psoriasiksettasi psoriasiksittasi instructive — — comitative — psoriasiksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative psoriasiksemme psoriasiksemme accusative nom. psoriasiksemme psoriasiksemme gen. psoriasiksemme genitive psoriasiksemme psoriasistemme psoriasiksiemme partitive psoriasistamme psoriasiksiamme inessive psoriasiksessamme psoriasiksissamme elative psoriasiksestamme psoriasiksistamme illative psoriasikseemme psoriasiksiimme adessive psoriasiksellamme psoriasiksillamme ablative psoriasikseltamme psoriasiksiltamme allative psoriasiksellemme psoriasiksillemme essive psoriasiksenamme psoriasiksinamme translative psoriasikseksemme psoriasiksiksemme abessive psoriasiksettamme psoriasiksittamme instructive — — comitative — psoriasiksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative psoriasiksenne psoriasiksenne accusative nom. psoriasiksenne psoriasiksenne gen. psoriasiksenne genitive psoriasiksenne psoriasistenne psoriasiksienne partitive psoriasistanne psoriasiksianne inessive psoriasiksessanne psoriasiksissanne elative psoriasiksestanne psoriasiksistanne illative psoriasikseenne psoriasiksiinne adessive psoriasiksellanne psoriasiksillanne ablative psoriasikseltanne psoriasiksiltanne allative psoriasiksellenne psoriasiksillenne essive psoriasiksenanne psoriasiksinanne translative psoriasikseksenne psoriasiksiksenne abessive psoriasiksettanne psoriasiksittanne instructive — — comitative — psoriasiksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative psoriasiksensa psoriasiksensa accusative nom. psoriasiksensa psoriasiksensa gen. psoriasiksensa genitive psoriasiksensa psoriasistensa psoriasiksiensa partitive psoriasistaan psoriasistansa psoriasiksiaan psoriasiksiansa inessive psoriasiksessaan psoriasiksessansa psoriasiksissaan psoriasiksissansa elative psoriasiksestaan psoriasiksestansa psoriasiksistaan psoriasiksistansa illative psoriasikseensa psoriasiksiinsa adessive psoriasiksellaan psoriasiksellansa psoriasiksillaan psoriasiksillansa ablative psoriasikseltaan psoriasikseltansa psoriasiksiltaan psoriasiksiltansa allative psoriasikselleen psoriasiksellensa psoriasiksilleen psoriasiksillensa essive psoriasiksenaan psoriasiksenansa psoriasiksinaan psoriasiksinansa translative psoriasiksekseen psoriasikseksensa psoriasiksikseen psoriasiksiksensa abessive psoriasiksettaan psoriasiksettansa psoriasiksittaan psoriasiksittansa instructive — — comitative — psoriasiksineen psoriasiksinensa

Synonyms

• psoriaasi
• hilsetystauti

Further reading

• “psoriasis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəsoriˈasis/ [pə.so.riˈa.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -asis
• Syllabification: pso‧ri‧a‧sis

Noun

psoriasis (uncountable)

1. (dermatology, pathology) psoriasis

Derived terms

• psoriasis artritis
• psoriasis eritroderma
• psoriasis eritrodermik
• psoriasis inversa
• psoriasis kuku
• psoriasis pustular
• psoriasis pustulosa
• psoriasis seboroik
• psoriasis vulgaris

Further reading

• “psoriasis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

psoriasis f (plural psoriasis)

1. (dermatology) psoriasis

Derived terms

• psoriásico
• psoriasiforme

Further reading

• “psoriasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024