noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/səˈɹaɪ.əsɪs/
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noun
Meaning 1
A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
صَدَفِيَّة
(ṣadafiyya)
— skin disease
Azerbaijani:
pullu dəmrov
— skin disease
Bulgarian:
псориазис
(psoriazis)
— skin disease
Catalan:
psoriasi
— skin disease
Chinese Mandarin:
牛皮癬 /牛皮癣
(niúpíxuǎn)
— skin disease
Chinese Mandarin:
銀屑病 /银屑病
(yínxièbìng)
— skin disease
Czech:
psoriáza
— skin disease
Czech:
lupénka
— skin disease
Danish:
psoriasis
— skin disease
Esperanto:
psoriazo
— skin disease
Faroese:
psoriasis
— skin disease
Finnish:
psoriaasi
— skin disease
Finnish:
psoriasis
— skin disease
Finnish:
hilsetystauti
— skin disease
French:
psoriasis
— skin disease
German:
Schuppenflechte
— skin disease
Greek:
ψωρίαση
(psoríasi)
— skin disease
Ancient Greek:
λέπρα
(lépra)
— skin disease
Ancient Greek:
ψωρίασις
(psōríasis)
— skin disease
