Meanings
plural psoriases
- countableuncountablemedicineA noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
He suffers from a skin complaint, psoriasis, which has rendered his hands scaly, hard and red.
2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 11Synonyms: lepra
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
Origin
- Ancient Greekψώρα“itch”
- Koine Greekψωρίασις
- Late Latinpsōriasis“mange, scurvy, psoriasis”
- Englishpsoriasis
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.
More words from Late Latin, Koine Greek, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λέπρα, ψωρίασις
- λέπρα (lépra)skin disease
- ψωρίασις (psōríasis)skin disease
Arabic صَدَفِيَّة
- صَدَفِيَّة (ṣadafiyya)skin disease
Bulgarian псориазис
- псориазис (psoriazis)skin disease
Catalan psoriasi
- psoriasiskin disease
Chinese Mandarin 牛皮癬 /牛皮癣, 銀屑病 /银屑病
- 牛皮癬 /牛皮癣 (niúpíxuǎn)skin disease
- 銀屑病 /银屑病 (yínxièbìng)skin disease
Czech psoriáza, lupénka
- psoriázaskin disease
- lupénkaskin disease
Danish psoriasis
- psoriasisskin disease
Esperanto psoriazo
- psoriazoskin disease
Finnish psoriaasi, psoriasis
- psoriaasiskin disease
- psoriasisskin disease
- hilsetystautiskin disease
French psoriasis
- psoriasisskin disease
German Schuppenflechte
- Schuppenflechteskin disease
Greek ψωρίαση
- ψωρίαση (psoríasi)skin disease
Icelandic sóri
- sóriskin disease
Indonesian psoriasis
- psoriasisskin disease
Italian psoriasi
- psoriasiskin disease
Japanese 乾癬
- 乾癬 (kansen)skin disease
Korean 건선
- 건선 (geonseon)skin disease
Latin leprae, lepra
- lepraeskin disease
- lepraskin disease
- psoriasisskin disease
Norwegian Bokmål psoriasis
- psoriasisskin disease
Persian صدفک
- صدفک (sadafak)skin disease
Polish łuszczyca
- łuszczycaskin disease
Portuguese psoríase
- psoríaseskin disease
Romanian psoriazis
- psoriazisskin disease
Russian псориа́з
- псориа́з (psoriáz)skin disease
Spanish psoriasis
- psoriasisskin disease
Swedish psoriasis
- psoriasisskin disease
Tagalog soryasis
- soryasisskin disease
Thai สะเก็ดเงิน
- สะเก็ดเงิน (sà-gèt-ngən)skin disease
Turkish sedef hastalığı
- sedef hastalığıskin disease
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Cite this entry
psoriasis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psoriasis
“psoriasis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psoriasis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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