Definition of Pruritus. Meaning of Pruritus. Synonyms of Pruritus

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Definition of Pruritus

Pruritus
Pruritus Pru*ri"tus, n. [L.] (Med.) Itching.

Meaning of Pruritus from wikipedia

- Itch (also known as pruritus) is a sensation that causes a strong desire or reflex to scratch. Itches have resisted many attempts to be classified as any...
- Pruritus ani is the irritation of the skin at the exit of the ****, known as the ****, causing the desire to scratch. The intensity of anal itching increases...
- Senile pruritus is one of the most common conditions in the elderly or people over 65 years of age with an emerging itch that may be accompanied with changes...
- Brachioradial pruritus (sometimes abbreviated BRP) is an intense itching sensation of the arm usually between the wrist and elbow of either or both arms...
- Aquagenic pruritus is a skin condition characterized by the development of severe, intense, prickling-like epidermal itching without observable skin lesions...
- Pruritus ****e is itchiness of the ****, which is the counterpart of pruritus scroti, and may have many different causes.: 56 Patch testing may be used...
- Psychogenic pruritus, also known as psychogenic itch or functional itch disorder is pruritus not ****ociated with a dermatologic or systemic cause. More...
- Cholestatic pruritus is the sensation of itch due to nearly any liver disease, but the most commonly ****ociated entities are primary biliary cholangitis...
- Uremic pruritus is caused by chronic kidney failure and is the most common internal systemic cause of itching.: 52–3  Nalfurafine, an orally administered...
- Pruritus scroti is itchiness of the **** that may be secondary to an infectious cause.: 55  Pruritus ****e Pruritus ani Pruritus James WD, Berger T...