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pruritus

pru·ri·tus

UK/pɹuːˈɹaɪtəs/ uncommon

noun

1.

an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)

Origin

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

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