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/

• Audio (RP)

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• Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs

Noun

psoriasis (countable and uncountable, plural psoriases)

1. (medicine) 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

• Catalan: psoriasi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛皮癬 (zh), 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
• Italian: psoriasi (it) f
• Japanese: 乾癬 (ja) (かんせん, kansen)

• 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/, [ˈps̠o̞riˌɑs̠is̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑsis
• Syllabification^(key): pso‧ri‧a‧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
instructive		—	psoriasiksin
abessive		psoriasiksetta	psoriasiksitta
comitative		—	psoriasiksineen

Possessive forms of psoriasis (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	psoriasikseni	psoriasiksemme
2nd person	psoriasiksesi	psoriasiksenne
3rd person	psoriasiksensa

Synonyms

• psoriaasi
• hilsetystauti

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈɾjasis/, [soˈɾja.sis]

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

Noun

psoriasis f (plural psoriasis)

1. (dermatology) psoriasis

Derived terms

• psoriásico
• psoriasiforme

Further reading

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