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‖ pruritus|prʊəˈraɪtəs|
[L. prūrītu-s (u-stem), f. prūrīre to itch. In mod.L. sometimes erron. pruritis after words in -itis.]
Itching; esp. itching of the skin without visible eruption. (Sometimes used as synonymous with prurigo.) Also fig.
[c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 248 Rubedo id est reednes, pruritus id est icchinge.] 1653Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xxiii. 299 If there be a pruritus or itch of talking, let it be in matters of Religion. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Pruritus, the Itch, a dry Unevenness of the Skin, caused by Saline fixed Particles, pricking the Skin. 1799Hooper Med. Dict., Pruritis, a violent itching of the skin. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 606 Hebra protested against the indiscriminate use of the names ‘prurigo’ and ‘pruritus’. |