Definition of "psora" []

• A cutaneous disease, especially the itch. (noun)

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• "You don't suppose Adam had the cutaneous unpleasantness politely called psora, do you?"
• "Because the iris of the eye revealed "psora" as the cause of the suspicious eruption which reappeared several times later in life, and because the servant girl was afterwards absolutely exonerated by competent physicians."
• "He is a short, small, dark man with mountaineer legs, a frightful psora, and an inveterate habit of drink."