English

Noun

psora ‎(uncountable)

1. (medicine) A cutaneous disease, especially the itch.

Related terms

• psoriasis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsoː.ra/

Noun

psōra f ‎(genitive psōrae); first declension

1. The itch, mange

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• scabies
• sarna

References

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