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prurition

/pɹʊˈɹɪʃən/

prurition noun: itching.

Noun

prurition (uncountable)

  1. itching
    • He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

prurition meaning in Bengali

prurition in Bengali

চুলকানি

Origin of prurition

From Latin prurire (“to itch”).

Questions about prurition

What does prurition mean?
Prurition means itching.
What is prurition in Bengali?
Prurition in Bengali is চুলকানি. See Prurition meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is prurition?
Prurition is a noun.
How do you pronounce prurition?
Prurition is pronounced /pɹʊˈɹɪʃən/.

Words near prurition in the dictionary

  1. prurigo nodularis
  2. prurigoes
  3. prurigos
  4. pruritic
  5. pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy
  6. prurition
  7. pruritis
  8. pruritoception
  9. pruritoceptive
  10. pruritogen
  11. pruritogenesis

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