psoriaticadj.n.
/ˌsɒrɪˈatɪk/, U.S. /ˌsɔriˈædɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or associated with psoriasis; affected with psoriasis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > of disease: scurfy or scabby
roinousc1400
furfuraceous1650
scaly1796
crustaceous1801
squamose1822
squamous1829
psoriatic1836
desquamatory1837
desquamative1847
psoriasiform1897
scaling1897
1836 Lancet 5 Mar. 919/1 Psoriatic eruption less painful and inflamed.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 534 Ichthyosis..is sometimes found in psoriatic families.
1932 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 16 89/1 The occurrence of epitheliomata in psoriatic patients has been noted for many years.
1989 Lit. Rev. Dec. 51/1 When John Updike was a young kid picking psoriatic skin from his back, he drew a picture called ‘Mr Sun sees Mr Winter in his office’.
2003 Village Voice (N.Y.) 22 Oct. 74/1 Potter suffered all his life from a rare, crippling skin-and-joint disease, psoriatic arthropathy.
B. n.
A person affected with psoriasis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > scurfy or scabby state or disease > person
psoriatic1899
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 571 The view which would convert our psoriatics..into a class of neurotics and cripples.
1927 Lancet 28 May 1129/1 If the patient is a psoriatic by nature, then his reaction to an external irritant will be psoriasis in type.
1975 Observer 30 Nov. 22/2 Some of the worst-affected psoriatics suffer from an associated and particularly unpleasant form of arthritis.
1991 N. Baker U & I iv. 54 Your job as a golfer and as a psoriatic is to keep from drifting into the rough, right?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1836