pruritus

pru·ri·tus  (pr-rts)

n.

Severe itching, often of undamaged skin.

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[Latin prrtus, from past participle of prrre, to itch; see preus- in Indo-European roots.]

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pru·ritic (-rtk) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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