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pruritus

Noun

pru=ri=tus

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pruritus(n = noun.cognition) Array - an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.); Array

has particulars: pruritus ani, pruritus vulvae

pruritus, n. [L.].

Itching. [1913 Webster]

pruritus, n. severe itching of the skin.

Derivative

pruritic adj.

Etymology

L, = itching (as PRURIGO)

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