Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
scabies .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.
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- noun medicine A
cutaneous disease, especially theitch .
Etymologies
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Examples
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You don't suppose Adam had the cutaneous unpleasantness politely called psora, do you?
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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You don't suppose Adam had the cutaneous unpleasantness politely called psora, do you?
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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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.
Nature Cure Henry Lindlahr 1893
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He is a short, small, dark man with mountaineer legs, a frightful psora, and an inveterate habit of drink.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The people are cleanly; they wash when rising, and before as well as after every meal; they are always bathing, yet from prince to pauper, from baby to grey beard, they are affected with a psora known by its
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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This disease which causes so much distress in life, is likewise, in its essential nature, an outbirth of psora, and, as regards its local character and its effects upon the constitution of the patient, it seems to be characterized by the same inflammatory and suppurative process as whitlow, and be endowed with a similar tendency to organic destruction.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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This is more particularly true in reference to psora.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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If no improvement became visible after the third paroxysm, or if other symptoms developed themselves, this was looked upon as a proof of the existence of psora, and Natrum mur. 30 was given, and no other remedy, until after the third paroxysm.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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You know Hahnemann thought all diseases but a modification of one disease -- _psora_.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Such repetitions are unnecessary; any one who is acquainted with the action of Natrum mur., will at once perceive that the psora-destroying effect of this agent had not been neutralized by
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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