Psoriasis vs Leprosy - What's the difference?
psoriasis | leprosy |
(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae .
In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.
As nouns the difference between psoriasis and leprosy
is that 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 while leprosy is an infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.psoriasis
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(wikipedia psoriasis)Noun
Derived terms
* psoriaticleprosy
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(wikipedia leprosy)Noun
(leprosies)- The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy .