psora

[ sawr-uh, sohr-uh ]

nounPathology.

psoriasis.
scabies.

Origin of psora

¹

1675–85; <Latin psōra<Greek psṓra itch

Other words from psora

pso·ric [sawr-ik, sor-], /ˈsɔr ɪk, ˈsɒr-/, adjective

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How to use psora in a sentence

You know Hahnemann thought all diseases but a modification of one disease—psora.
Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. V, May, 1862 | Various
You don't suppose Adam had the cutaneous unpleasantness politely called psora, do you?
The Poet at the Breakfast Table | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
It has been a popular remedy in many places for the cure of scald-head, psora, and most other cutaneous eruptions.
A Dissertation on the Medical Properties and Injurious Effects of the Habitual Use of Tobacco | A. McAllister
Hahnemann's theory of psora is no chimera, as many theoreticians would have us believe.
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