PSORIASIS


Meaning of PSORIASIS in English

/ səˈraɪəsɪs; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( medical ) a skin disease that causes rough red areas where the skin comes off in small pieces

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WORD ORIGIN

late 17th cent.: modern Latin , from Greek psōriasis , from psōrian have an itch, from psōra itch.

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