‖ psora
(ˈpsɔərə)
[L. psōra, a. Gr. ψώρα itch, mange, = L. scabies.]
A contagious skin disease; scabies, the itch.
| 1681 tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Psora, the scabbado, or scabbiness with pustles. 1803 tr. Heberden's Comment. xxiii. (1806) 115 There is an appearance exactly like it..yet differs from the true psora by being very little, if at all infectious. 1895 Syd. Soc. Lex., Psora, the Itch... Also, mange, applied to men and beasts. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 551 From his [Celsus'] time down to that of Willan we find the names Psora and Lepra applied loosely to all kinds of squamous diseases. |