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pruritus
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pru·ri·tus  (pr-rts)
n.
Severe itching, often of undamaged skin.
[Latin prrtus, from past participle of prrre, to itch; see preus- in Indo-European roots.]
pru·ritic (-rtk) adj.
pruritus [prʊəˈraɪtəs]
n Pathol
1. (Medicine / Pathology) any intense sensation of itching
2. (Medicine / Pathology) any of various conditions characterized by intense itching
[from Latin: an itching; see prurient]
pruritic  [prʊəˈrɪtɪk] adj
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Noun1.pruritus - an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)
itchiness, itching, itch - an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
pruritus ani - chronic itching of the skin around the anus
pruritus vulvae - persistent itching of the external female genitalia
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Patients who have recently had their skin penetrated by the filariform larvae may acquire an itchy cutaneous eruption of pruritic papulovesicular lesion.
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The white discharge is considered healthy or normal due to its high mineral content and non-smelly or foul odor, whereas and in contrast to an irritating, pruritic, copious, foul-smelling green or yellow discharge, which indicates vaginal or uterine infection or other pathogenic conditions of gynecologic origin.
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Because bedbugs are nocturnal and feed painlessly only in the dark, while humans sleep, initial bedbug proliferation usually goes unnoticed until several weeks later when the patient discovers a pruritic cutaneous eruption of unknown origin (4).
Bedbugs and healthcare-associated dermatitis, France by Delaunay, Pascal; Blanc, Veronique; Dandine, Marc; Del Giudice, Pascal; Franc, Michel; Pomares-Estra / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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