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pruritis

pruritis is the misspelling of pruritus.

Meaning of pruritus

Noun

pruritus (usually uncountable, plural prurituses)

  1. (usually) Itching; especially, severe itching of undamaged skin; caused by allergy, infection, lymphoma, etc.
    • 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

Questions about pruritis

What is pruritis the misspelling of?
Pruritis is the misspelling of pruritus.

Words near pruritis in the dictionary

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

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