psoriasis

noun

A noncontagious inflammatory skin disease characterized by recurring reddish patches covered with silvery scales.

noun

A chronic non-contagious skin-disease, characterized by reddish, slightly elevated, dry patches of varying size, shape, and number, covered with whitish or grayish imbricated scales.

noun

The state of being affected with psora.

noun

A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.

noun

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

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