pruritus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prūrītus (“itch, itching”), from prūriō (“itch”).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: pro͞o-rīʹtəs, IPA(key): /pɹuːˈɹaɪtəs/

Noun

pruritus (usually uncountable, plural prurituses)

  1. (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.

Derived terms

Ido

Verb

pruritus

  1. conditional of pruritar

Latin

Etymology

From prūriō (“itch”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pruːˈriː.tus/, [pruːˈriː.tʊs]

Noun

prūrītus m (genitive prūrītūs); fourth declension

  1. an itching, itch

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prūrītus prūrītūs
Genitive prūrītūs prūrītuum
Dative prūrītuī prūrītibus
Accusative prūrītum prūrītūs
Ablative prūrītū prūrītibus
Vocative prūrītus prūrītūs

Derived terms
  • prūrītīvus

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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