psora

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin psōra, from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːɹ.ə/

Noun

psora (uncountable)

1. (medicine, obsolete) A cutaneous disease, especially psoriasis, scabies, or mange.

Related terms

• psoric
• psoriasis
• psorosis

Anagrams

• Paros, Poras, aspro, praos, proas, rapos, rapso, roaps, sapor, sapro-

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsoː.ra/, [ˈps̠oːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/, [ˈpsɔːrä]

Noun

psōra f (genitive psōrae); first declension

1. the itch, mange

   Synonyms: scabiēs, sarna

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	psōra	psōrae
Genitive	psōrae	psōrārum
Dative	psōrae	psōrīs
Accusative	psōram	psōrās
Ablative	psōrā	psōrīs
Vocative	psōra	psōrae

Descendants

• → English: psora (learned)
• → French: psora, psore (learned)

References

• “psora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• psora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: pso‧ra

Noun

psora f (plural psoras)

1. (Brazil, slang) Clipping of professora (“female teacher”).