different between psoriasis vs leprosy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (ps?ríasis), from ???? (ps?ra, “itch”) (English psora) + -??? (-sis, “nouns of action”) (English -sis).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??s?s

Noun

psoriasis (countable and uncountable, plural psoriases)

1. (medicine) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.

Derived terms

Related terms

• psora

Translations

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?psori?sis/, [?ps?o?ri??s?is?]
• Rhymes: -?sis
• Syllabification: pso?ri?a?sis

Noun

psoriasis

1. (medicine) psoriasis

Declension

Synonyms

• psoriaasi
• hilsetystauti

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (ps?ríasis), from ???? (ps?ra, “itch”) + -??? (-sis, “action, process”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so??jasis/, [so??ja.sis]

• IPA^(key): /so??jasis/, [so??ja.sis]
• Rhymes: -asis
• Hyphenation: pso?ria?sis

Noun

psoriasis f (plural psoriasis)

1. (dermatology) psoriasis

Derived terms

• psoriásico
• psoriasiforme

Further reading

• “psoriasis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lepr?sia.

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?p'r?-s?, IPA^(key): /?l?p??si/

Noun

leprosy (usually uncountable, plural leprosies)

1. An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.

   The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.

2. In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.

Synonyms

• (infectious disease): Hansen's disease, mesel

Derived terms

• antileprosy

Related terms

• leper
• leprous
• leprotic
• lepromatic
• lepromatous
• lepromatoid

Translations

References

• “leprosy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.