pruritus
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Noun (1)
- an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)Type of itch, itchinessKinds pruritus ani, pruritus vulvae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pru·ri′tus noun
Origin: L.
Medicine Itching.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54