Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psoriasis

/səˈɹaɪ.əsɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: pso-ri-a-sis
IPA: /səˈɹaɪ.əsɪs/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He suffers from a skin complaint, psoriasis, which has rendered his hands scaly, hard and red."

Etymology

From Late Latin psōriasis (“mange, scurvy, psoriasis”), from Koine Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis), from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”) + -σις (-sis, “-sis: forming nouns of action & medical disorders”). Cognate with psora.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: psōriasis, ψωρίασις, ψώρα

Usage

Inflected Forms

psoriases (plural)

Derived Forms

antipsoriasis parapsoriasis psoriasiform psoriasin psoriatic sebopsoriasis

Frequently Paired Words

psora

Synonyms

lepra

Rhymes With

archdiocese

Questions

How do you pronounce psoriasis?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˈɹaɪ.əsɪs/.
What does psoriasis mean?: A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
Where does psoriasis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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