— psoriatic /sawr'ee at"ik, sohr'-/ , adj.
/seuh ruy"euh sis/ , n. Pathol.
a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches. Also called psora .
[ 1675-85; psoríasis, equiv. to psoria-, var. s. of psoriân to have the itch (deriv. of psóra itch) + -sis -SIS ]