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
- 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.