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psora

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Itch  \Itch\,  n. 
  1.  (Med.)  An  eruption  of  small  isolated,  acuminated 
  vesicles,  produced  by  the  entrance  of  a  parasitic  mite 
  (the  {Sarcoptes  scabei}),  and  attended  with  itching.  It  is 
  transmissible  by  contact 
 
  2.  Any  itching  eruption. 
 
  3.  A  sensation  in  the  skin  occasioned  (or  resembling  that 
  occasioned)  by  the  itch  eruption;  --  called  also 
  {scabies},  {psora},  etc 
 
  4.  A  constant  irritating  desire. 
 
  An  itch  of  being  thought  a  divine  king.  --Dryden. 
 
  {Baker's  itch}.  See  under  {Baker}. 
 
  {Barber's  itch},  sycosis. 
 
  {Bricklayer's  itch},  an  eczema  of  the  hands  attended  with 
  much  itching,  occurring  among  bricklayers. 
 
  {Grocer's  itch},  an  itching  eruption,  being  a  variety  of 
  eczema,  produced  by  the  sugar  mite  ({Tyrogluphus 
  sacchari}). 
 
  {Itch  insect}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  small  parasitic  mite  ({Sarcoptes 
  scabei})  which  burrows  and  breeds  beneath  the  human  skin, 
  thus  causing  the  disease  known  as  the  itch.  See  Illust.  in 
  Append. 
 
  {Itch  mite}.  (Zo["o]l.)  Same  as  {Itch  insect},  above.  Also 
  other  similar  mites  affecting  the  lower  animals,  as  the 
  horse  and  ox 
 
  {Sugar  baker's  itch},  a  variety  of  eczema,  due  to  the  action 
  of  sugar  upon  the  skin. 
 
  {Washerwoman's  itch},  eczema  of  the  hands  and  arms,  occurring 
  among  washerwomen. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Psora  \Pso"ra\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?.]  (Med.) 
  A  cutaneous  disease;  especially,  the  itch.




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