pruritus

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Verb

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pruritus

  1. conditional of pruritar

Latin

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Etymology

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From prūriō (itch).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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prūrītus m (genitive prūrītūs); fourth declension

  1. an itching, itch

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prūrītus prūrītūs
Genitive prūrītūs prūrītuum
Dative prūrītuī prūrītibus
Accusative prūrītum prūrītūs
Ablative prūrītū prūrītibus
Vocative prūrītus prūrītūs

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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.