
1) Autoimmune disease 2) Cause of scaling 3) Disease of the skin 4) Skin condition 5) Skin disease 6) Skin disorder 7) Skin problem 8) Target of some shampoos
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1) Psora
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a chronic skin disease. It may sometimes be associated with an inflammatory arthritis of joints
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• (n.) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin. • (n.) The state of being affected with psora.
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(Gr. psoriasis) a common chronic, squamous dermatosis, marked by exacerbations and remissions and having a polygenic inheritance pattern. The most distinctive histological findings in well-developed psoriasis are Munro microabscesses and spongiform pustules. It is characterized clinically by the presence of rounded, circumscribed, erythematous, ......
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a chronic, recurrent inflammatory skin disorder. The most common type, called plaque psoriasis, is characterized by reddish, slightly elevated ... [2 related articles]
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A chronic disease of the skin marked by red patches covered with white scales.
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a chronic skin disease characterized by inflammation and pink or silvery scaly patches
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<dermatology> A common chronic, squamous dermatosis, marked by exacerbations and remissions and having a polygenic inheritance pattern. The most distinctive histological findings in well developed psoriasis are Munro microabscesses and spongiform pustules. ... It is characterised clinically by the presence of rounded, circumscribed, erythemat...
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(sә-ri´ә-sis) any of several related chronic, recurrent skin diseases. The most common type is plaque psoriasis; other types include guttate, erythrodermic, and pustular psoriasis. Any body surface can be affected, but lesions appear most often on the scalp, knees, and elbows. Sometimes the nails are affecte...
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a chronic skin condition characterized by inflamed, red, raised areas that develop silvery scales.
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a skin condition characterized by scaling and red patches, due to the overproduction of skin cells.
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Pso·ri'a·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... psora.]
(Medicine) (a) The state of being affected with psora. [ Obsolete]
(b) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.
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A chronic inflammatory condition of the skin
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A chronic, exfoliative skin disease.
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A chronic skin condition that can be treated by a dermatologist, that causes rapid skin growth which results in redness, irritation, and scaly patches.
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A chronic skin condition with dull red lesions of the skin that come and go for many years.
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a chronic skin condition characterized by inflamed, red, raised areas that develop silvery scales.
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noun a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences
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a chronic skin condition characterized by inflamed, red, raised areas that develop silvery scales.
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A chronic condition characterized by an eruption of sharply demarcated, erythematous papules and plaques with overlying silvery scale. Although the lesions can occur anywhere on the skin, the classic distribution is on the scalp, elbows, and knees.
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a chronic skin condition characterized by inflamed, red, raised areas that develop silvery scales.
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a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches. Also called
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A chronic skin condition that causes rapid skin growth which results in redness, irritation, and scaly patches. Chronic plaque psoriasis is also a very common disease; affects approximately 2% of people around the world. Things that can cause the skin affected with psoriasis to get worse include
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a chronic skin condition characterized by inflamed, red, raised areas that develop silvery scales that can occur anywhere on the body but most commonly on the scalp, elbows, and knees.
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