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

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From Time Magazine Archive

Secondary Causes Hereditary and constitutional taints of sycosis, scrofula, psora, syphilis; mercurianism, cinchonism, iodism and many other forms of chronic poisoning.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

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

The next miasmatic generator is sycosis, or the disposition to warty excrescences; but this source of disease Hahnemann does not consider so prolific as syphilis, or his favourite psora.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

If no improvement became visible after the third paroxysm, or if other symptoms developed themselves, this was looked upon as a proof of the existence of psora, and Natrum mur.

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