pruritus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prūrītus (“itch, itching”), from prūriō (“itch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pruritus (usually uncountable, plural prurituses)
- (medicine) severe itching, especially 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.
- 2018, AbbVie, "FDA Grants AbbVie's Upadacitinib Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Atopic Dermatitis", Drug Discovery & Development
Derived terms
Ido
Verb
(deprecated template usage) pruritus
- conditional of pruritar
Latin
Etymology
From prūriō (“itch”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pruːˈriː.tus/, [pruːˈriːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pruˈri.tus/, [pruˈriːt̪us]
Noun
prūrītus m (genitive prūrītūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prūrītus | prūrītūs |
Genitive | prūrītūs | prūrītuum |
Dative | prūrītuī | prūrītibus |
Accusative | prūrītum | prūrītūs |
Ablative | prūrītū | prūrītibus |
Vocative | prūrītus | prūrītūs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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.
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