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Definition: Psoriasis |
PsoriasisNoun1. A chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "psoriasis" was first used: 1684. (references) |
Etymology: Psoriasis \Pso*ri"a*sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from psora.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Botanical | A chronic skin disease in which red scaly patches develop. Treated with Anacardium, Carica, Cassia, Thespesia. (references) |
Health | A common genetically determined, chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by rounded erythematous, dry, scaling patches. The lesions have a predilection for nails, scalp, genitalia, extensor surfaces, and the lumbosacral region. Accelerated epidermopoiesis is considered to be the fundamental pathologic feature in psoriasis. (references) |
Medicine | A disease of the skin of unknown etiology, characterized by sharply defined red patches covered with silvery scales which appear particularly in the regions of the elbows and knees, in the scalp and rarely in the eyelids. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Psoriatic skin cells reproduce at several times the normal rate and tend to pile up on the surface, forming itchy patches or "plaques." Psoriasis tends to be triggered by emotional or mental stress or physical skin injury, but the biggest factor appears to be heredity.
Psoriasis has no cure, but somewhat effective treatments include sunlight, artificial UV light, steroids, coal tar, salicylic acid, and synthetic Vitamin D analogues. Treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, such as methotrexate, have been observed to provide relief from psoriasis.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Psoriasis."
Crosswords: Psoriasis |
| English words defined with "psoriasis": acanthosis, amethopterin ♦ Dartrous diathesis ♦ methotrexate, methotrexate sodium ♦ psoriatic arthritis ♦ Scaly tetter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "psoriasis": Acitretin, Anthralin, Aphidicolin, Arthritis, Psoriatic ♦ Clobetasol ♦ Desoximetasone ♦ Emajaguilla, Etretinate ♦ Halcinonide, HLA-C Antigens, HLA-DR7 Antigen ♦ Parapsoriasis, Photosensitizing Agents, psoralen ♦ Retinoids ♦ Tretinoin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Psoriasis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (psoriasis), Dutch (psoriasis), French (psoriasis), German (psoriasis), Spanish (psoriasis), Swedish (psora, psoriasis). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Scales Detached From Cases of Psoriasis and Ichthyosis During the Course of Thyroid Treatment. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Psoriasis Treated by Thyroid Feeding. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Chloroquine may worsen the symptoms of psoriasis. (references) | |
Hydroxychloroquine sulfate may worsen the symptoms of psoriasis. (references) | ||
Bacterial infections and pressure or trauma to the skin can aggravate psoriasis. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Psoriasis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Psoriasis" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 37 | 56,631 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "psoriasis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الصداف داء مرضي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | псориазис. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svrab (scab, scabies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | psoriasis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psoriasis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پسوریازیس . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | psoriasis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schuppenflechte, Psoriasis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψωρίαση (scabies, skin disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ספחת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pszoriázisz, pikkelysömör (dartre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | psoriasi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 乾癬 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"せ" (contagion, government compilation, government-appointed, infection, main line, sweat gland, trunk line, vessels, warship, watching agame). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yn scailley ruy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oriasispsay psoríase. (various references) псориаз (psora). (various references) psorijaza. (various references) psoriasis. (various references) psoriasis (psora). (various references) sedef hastalığı (psora). (various references) псоріаз. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | psoriasis. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lepra, leprae, lepram, leprosam, leprosi, leprosos, leprosum, leprosus. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | psoriasis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Psoriasis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phsoriasis, pscoriasis, psoraises, psorasis, psoriasisi, psoriasys, psoriosis, psorisas, psorisis, psoryasis, soriasis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "psoriasis" (pronounced serī"usus) |
| 5 | -ī" u s u s | archdiocese, diocese. |
| 4 | -u s u s | analysis, antithesis, dialysis, electrolysis, Genesis, hydrolysis, hypothesis, metamorphosis, morphogenesis, nemesis, organogenesis, photosynthesis, psychoanalysis, synthesis, urinalysis. |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, amniocentesis, apotheosis, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, fibrosis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hypnosis, meiosis, misdiagnosis, Narcissus, necrosis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, prosthesis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, versus. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-o-p-r-s-s-s" | |
-1 letter: pissoirs. | |
-2 letters: pissoir. | |
-3 letters: ariosi, sapors. | |
-4 letters: apsis, arsis, aspis, oasis, ossia, pairs, paris, pisos, praos, priss, proas, pross, psoai, psoas, rasps, sapor, saris, saros, soaps, soars, soras, spars. | |
-5 letters: airs, asps, iris, oars, osar, ossa, pair, pars, pass, pias, piso, piss, pois, prao, proa, pros, psis, raps, rasp, rias, rips, saps, sari, sass, sips. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-o-p-r-s-s-s" | |
+2 letters: fissiparous, inspissator, parasitosis. | |
+3 letters: inspissators, suspirations. | |
+4 letters: anisotropisms, aspergillosis, basidiospores, diastrophisms, parkinsonisms, preadmissions, prostatitises. | |
+5 letters: astrophysicist, capriciousness, dispensatories, seismographies, separationists, transpositions. | |
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