pruritus

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prūrītus (“itch, itching”), from prūriō (“itch”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pro͞o-rīʹtəs, IPA(key): /pɹuːˈɹaɪtəs/

Noun

pruritus (usually uncountable, plural prurituses)

  1. (medicine) Itching; especially, severe itching of undamaged skin; caused by allergy, infection, lymphoma etc.
    • 2018, AbbVie, "FDA Grants AbbVie's Upadacitinib Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Atopic Dermatitis", Drug Discovery & Development
      Atopic dermatitis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, is characterized by skin erosion, oozing and crusting, redness, intense itching (pruritus) and dry skin.

Derived terms

Ido

Verb

pruritus

  1. conditional of pruritar

Latin

Etymology

From prūriō (“itch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

prūrītus m (genitive prūrītūs); fourth declension

  1. an itching, itch

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative prūrītus prūrītūs
genitive prūrītūs prūrītuum
dative prūrītuī prūrītibus
accusative prūrītum prūrītūs
ablative prūrītū prūrītibus
vocative prūrītus prūrītūs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “pruritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pruritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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