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) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs
Noun
psoriasis (countable and uncountable, plural psoriases)
- (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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Synonyms
- lepra (obs.)
Derived terms
- antipsoriasis
- parapsoriasis
- psoriatic
Related terms
- psora
Translations
skin disease
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Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpsoriɑsis/, [ˈps̠o̞riˌɑs̠is̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑsis
- Syllabification(key): pso‧ri‧a‧sis
Noun
psoriasis
- (medicine) psoriasis
Declension
Inflection of psoriasis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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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) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | psoriasikseni | psoriasiksemme |
2nd person | psoriasiksesi | psoriasiksenne |
3rd person | psoriasiksensa |
Synonyms
- psoriaasi
- hilsetystauti
Spanish
Etymology
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)
- (dermatology) psoriasis
Derived terms
- psoriásico
- psoriasiforme
Further reading
- “psoriasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014