psora

American  

[sawr-uh, sohr-uh] / ˈsɔr ə, ˈsoʊr ə /

noun

Pathology.

1. psoriasis.

2. scabies.

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Other Word Forms

• psoric adjective

Etymology

Origin of psora

1675–85; < Latin psōra < Greek psṓra itch

Example Sentences

And whenever Hersey needs an idea and can't find one�it happens all the time�he uses a big word instead: cangue, coffle, fulvous, hame, jingal, liripipe, m�tayer, panyar, purlin, psora, shroff, sycee.*

From Time Magazine Archive

This is more particularly true in reference to psora.

From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by Wolf, C. W.

Because the iris of the eye revealed "psora" as the cause of the suspicious eruption which reappeared several times later in life, and because the servant girl was afterwards absolutely exonerated by competent physicians.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

We saw on the summit of the Peak no trace of psora, lecidea, or other cryptogamous plants; no insect fluttered in the air.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

Furthermore, the Diagnosis from the Eye furnishes positive proof that Hahnemann's theory of psora is based on truth.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry