psora

See also: 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

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpsoː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpsɔː.ra]

Noun

psōra f (genitive psōrae); first declension

1. the itch, mange

   Synonyms: scabiēs, sarna

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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”)

Further reading

• “psora”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “psora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025