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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

psoriasis

/sɚˈaɪəsəs/

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Begin with s, not a separate p.

The written p is silent here. The stressed vowel glides like eye; keep the vowels on either side lighter as you join the word together.

4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2

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He has psoriasis on his elbows.

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

What does psoriasis mean?

noun

  1. A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.

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IPA pronunciation

/sɚˈaɪəsəs/

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Of the three cases in which the result was not satisfactory, one had nephritis with severe Graves' disease, and the third psoriasis.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747