pruritus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Itching; especially, severe itching of undamaged skin; caused by allergy, infection, lymphoma, etc.

pro͞o-rīʹtəs /pɹuːˈɹaɪtəs/

pruritus prurituses

Borrowed from Latin prūrītus (“an itch, an itching”), from prūriō (“to itch”).

pruriception pruriceptor prurience prurigo

pruritic pruritoception pruritoceptive pruritogen pruritogenic pruritus ani

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