Definition of Psora. Meaning of Psora. Synonyms of Psora

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Definition of Psora

Psora
Psora Pso"ra, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Med.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.

Meaning of Psora from wikipedia

- Psora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Psoraceae. Members of the genus are commonly called fishscale lichens. Lichens in the genus Psora...
- three local symptoms: psora (the itch), syphilis (venereal disease) or sycosis (fig-wart disease). Of these the most important was psora, described as being...
- Nepal. The species bears a resemblance to Psora indigirkae but is genetically closer to Psora tenuifolia and Psora vallesiaca. It differs from the rest in...
- Psora taurensis is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling), squamulose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It is found in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey...
- Aega psora is a species of isopod crustacean that parasitises a number of fish species in the North Atlantic. It is a serious ectoparasite of larger species...
- from Gr**** ψωρίασις, meaning "itching condition" or "being itchy" from psora, "itch", and -iasis, "action, condition". Psoriasis vulgaris (also known...
- California raccoon (P. l. psora) climbing a tree in Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge...
- transferred to a few different genera in its taxonomic history, including Psora, Lecidea, and Mycobilimbia. Einar Timdal cir****scribed the new genus Romjularia...
- American lichenologist William Alfred Weber originally named the species Psora texana in 1977. He collected the type specimen in 1974 from Llano County...
- first described by German lichenologist Georg Franz Hoffmann in 1796, as Psora bracteata. Abramo Bartolommeo M****alongo transferred it to the genus Gyalolechia...