psoric, a. and n.
(ˈpsɔərɪk)
[ad. Gr. ψωρικ-ός, f. ψώρα psora. In F. psorique.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to psora or itch.
| 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 203 He had psoric excoriations on the legs. |
B. n. A remedy for the itch [cf. Gr. ψωρικά].
| [1684 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (1693), Psorica, Medicines against the Scab.] 1895 Syd. Soc. Lex., Psoric..a medicine for curing the itch. |
So ˈpsoroid, ˈpsorous adjs.
| 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Psorodes,..having or full of itch: psorous..Psoroides,..resembling psora or itch: psoroid. |