psoriasis

See also: Psoriasis

English

Etymology

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

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.

Derived terms

• psoriatic

Related terms

• psora

Translations

facial 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 f
• Finnish: psoriaasi (fi), psoriasis (fi), hilsetystauti (fi)
• French: psoriasis (fr) m
• German: Schuppenflechte f
• Greek: ψωρίαση (el) (psoríasi)
• Italian: psoriasi (it) f
• Japanese: 乾癬 (かんせん, kansen)

• 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
• Turkish: sedef hastalığı (tr)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pso̞ˈɾja̠.sis], [so̞ˈɾja̠.sis]

Etymology

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

Noun

psoriasis f (plural psoriasis)

1. (dermatology) psoriasis