PSORIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psoriasis mean? 

• PSORIASIS (noun)
  The noun PSORIASIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PSORIASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSORIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("psoriasis" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Meronyms (parts of "psoriasis"):

acanthosis (an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis))

 Context examples 

CsA is used to treat psoriasis, a disease involving abnormal proliferation of skin cells.

(Calcineurin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Mutation of the gene is associated with psoriasis.

(CCHCR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to treat some types of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and severe skin conditions, such as psoriasis.

(Amethopterin, NCI Dictionary)

The researchers analyzed 134 patients who suffered moderate to severe psoriasis and had not received biologic treatment for at least three months before starting on the study’s therapy.

(Psoriasis therapy linked to reduced coronary inflammation in patients with the skin condition, National Institutes of Health)

A monoclonal antibody used to treat psoriasis (a chronic skin disease).

(Efalizumab, NCI Dictionary)

It is also involved in controlling cellular growth, differentiation, and apoptosis, which makes synthetic vitamin D3 analogues interesting for therapy of such diseases as cancer and psoriasis.

(Gene Expression Regulation by Vitamin D Receptor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

These compounds can be administered topically or systemically and have been used therapeutically to treat psoriasis and various types of neoplasms.

(Photosensitizing agent, NCI Thesaurus)

This finding may be associated with psoriasis.

(Nail Pitting, NCI Thesaurus)

The substance in jiang huang that gives it a yellow color (curcumin) is being studied in the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer disease, cystic fibrosis, and psoriasis.

(Jiang huang, NCI Dictionary)

This class of antigens is associated with certain disease manifestations such as spondylarthritis, psoriasis and multiple myeloma.

(HLA Class I Histocompatibility Antigen, Cw-1 Alpha Chain Protein, NCI Thesaurus)