psora

[ sawr-uh, sohr-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. psoriasis.
2. scabies.

Other Words From

• pso·ric [sawr, -ik, sor, -], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of psora¹

1675–85; < Latin psōra < Greek psṓra itch

Example Sentences

You know Hahnemann thought all diseases but a modification of one disease—psora.

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You don't suppose Adam had the cutaneous unpleasantness politely called psora, do you?

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It has been a popular remedy in many places for the cure of scald-head, psora, and most other cutaneous eruptions.

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Hahnemann's theory of psora is no chimera, as many theoreticians would have us believe.

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