Pruritus

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  • noun. Severe itching, often of undamaged skin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An itching; more specifically, a functional affection of the skin characterized by simple itching without structural change.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Itching.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. severe itching, especially of undamaged skin; caused by allergy, infection, lymphoma etc
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)
    • Word Usage
    "Anaphylactoid reactions characterized by symptoms such as pruritus, urticaria, angioedema, and dyspnea requiring medical treatment have been reported in clinical trials with bupropion."
    cross-reference
    pruritus hiemalis  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    itch  itchiness  itching  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    pruritus ani  pruritus vulvae  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acidosis  apertis  ataxia  condyloma  dandruff  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    itching  
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