English

Noun

pruritus ‎(uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• pruritogenic
• pruritogen

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.

Derived terms

• prūrītīvus

Descendants

• Ido: prurito
• Portuguese: prurido, pruído
• Spanish: prurito

References

• pruritus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pruritus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.