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psoriasis

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See also: Psoriasis

English

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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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.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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psoriasis

  1. (medicine) psoriasis

Declension

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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)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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psoriasis f (plural psoriasis)

  1. (dermatology) psoriasis

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