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English translation: Sóri (psoriasis)

06:41 Apr 14, 2009

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Icelandic term or phrase: psoriasis

apart from 'psoriasis' on its own, I'd like to know how to combine it with 'arthritis' (liðagigt) in order to translate the following: psoriatic arthritis or arthritic psoriasis. Thanks, David

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English translation:Sóri (psoriasis)

Explanation:
The correct term is "Sóri" or "blettahreistur". The word "sóríasis" is sometimes used as well (or even "psoriasis", i.e. unchanged). It is common to include the english word in brackets as per the example below if "sóri" or "sóríasis" is used. I would recommend using either "sóri" or "sóríasis" as "blettahreistur" is not as widely used. You would also be justified in just using "psoriasis".

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-04-14 08:32:09 GMT)
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In relation to psoriatic arthritis it is more common to use "sóragigt".

Selected response from:

Gudmundur Bagguley
Serbia
Local time: 05:50

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Thanks, Gudmundur.
David
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Summary of answers provided
4	Sóraliðbólga	Thor Truelson
4	Sóri (psoriasis)	Gudmundur Bagguley

Answers

1 hr confidence:

Sóri (psoriasis)

Fleiri sjúkdómar eins og t.d. sóri (psoriasis) geta lagst á hár og neglur.

Reference: http://www3.hi.is/~magjoh/almfr/hud/hud.htm
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Gudmundur Bagguley
Serbia
Local time: 05:50
Native speaker of:

English,

Icelandic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks, Gudmundur.
David

20 mins confidence:

Sóraliðbólga

Explanation:
Upon Googling a little, this is what I found. Since this is certainly a contirved term, you should specifiy psoriatic arthritis next to it.

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Note added at 1 day9 hrs (2009-04-15 16:10:03 GMT) Post-grading
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David, you should have posted two questions. I answered the one about psoriatic arthritis. Obviously psoriasis is an IcelandicEnglish congnate. Since in many cases they are even spelled the same (psóríasis), I couldn't possibly imagine that you wanted clarification on that. Please be more clear in the future and ask separate questions instead of piggybacking a bunch of crap onto the original question. Thanks.

Thor Truelson
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, Thor. David

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