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Origin of psora
1675–85; < Latin psōra < Greek psṓra itch
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From Time Magazine Archive
The rock is on the east bank; it is a shelf of granite, covered with psora, cladonia, and other lichens.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
Hahnemann's theory of psora is no chimera, as many theoreticians would have us believe.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
For a hundred years, Hahnemann's theory of psora has been scouted and ridiculed by the allopathic schools and even among homeopaths only a few have accepted it.
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
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