pruritus
noun/prʊˈraɪtəs/
/prʊˈraɪtəs/
[uncountable] (medical)- a severe itching (= the feeling that you want to rub your skin with your nails) that is felt on the skin in some diseasesWord Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘itching’, from prurire ‘to itch’.
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