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pruritus

DEFINITIONS OF: pruritus

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

Types:
pruritus ani
chronic itching of the skin around the anus
pruritus vulvae
persistent itching of the external female genitalia
Type of:
itch, itchiness, itching
an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
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