pruritus

Definitions of pruritus
  1. noun
    an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)
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    types:
    pruritus ani
    chronic itching of the skin around the anus
    pruritus vulvae
    persistent itching of the external female genitalia
    type of:
    itch, itchiness, itching
    an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
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