As nouns the difference between lupus and psoriasis
is that lupus is any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus while psoriasis is a noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
As a proper noun Lupus
is a summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
lupus
Translingual
Noun
(head)
The specific name of the grey wolf, Canis lupus .
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psoriasis
Noun
(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
Derived terms
* psoriatic
Related terms
* psora