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PSORIASIS
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I. (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:
IL-17A is known to play a role in various skin disorders, including psoriasis, that typically affect certain skin sites on the body.
(Skin Microbes and the Immune Response, NIH)
The substance in Indian saffron that gives it a yellow color (curcumin) is being studied in the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer disease, cystic fibrosis, and psoriasis.
(Indian saffron, NCI Dictionary)
High levels of this cytokine are associated with several chronic inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and multiple sclerosis.
(Interleukin-17, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
Psoriasis, a common skin disease affecting 3-5 percent of the U.S. population, is associated with heightened systemic inflammation, which elevates risk of blood vessel disease and diabetes.
(Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A drug that is used in the treatment of acne and psoriasis and is being studied in cancer prevention.
(Isotretinoin, NCI Dictionary)
A drug used together with UV light to treat psoriasis, vitiligo, and skin nodules of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
(Methoxsalen, NCI Dictionary)
Its use is indicated in atopic dermatitis, eczema, and psoriasis when extra protection from a heavier base is needed.
(Petrolatum-Mineral Oil-Lanolin-Ceresin Ointment, NCI Thesaurus)
They note that previous studies linked antibiotic treatment during infancy with allergies, psoriasis, obesity, diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease later in life.
(Prolonged antibiotic treatment may alter preterm infants’ microbiome, National Institutes of Health)
This agent maybe used in T-cell related autoimmune diseases including psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn s disease and T-cell cancers
(Peldesine, NCI Thesaurus)
They may look like eczema or psoriasis.
(Mycosis fungoides patch, NCI Dictionary)
