Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chronic skin disease having various causes, marked by the eruption of pale, dome-shaped papules that itch severely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An itching; specifically, a papular eruption of the skin in which the papules vary in size from a millet-seed to a small pea, are discrete, often in great numbers and close set, irregular in distribution, nearly of the color of the cuticle, and usually intolerably itchy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in color.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A
papular disease of theskin , with intenseitching as the mainsymptom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ubi semel prurigo ista animum occupat aegre discuti potest, solicitantibus undique ejusdem farinae hominibus, damnosas illas voluptates repetunt, quod et scortatoribus insitum,
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Two diseases of the time are, faction and fussiness -- the one a fever, the other a prurigo.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 Various
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A decoction of our plant has proved useful in prurigo (itching), and as a gargle for the sore throat of scarlet fever.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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What is true of seduction is true also of the various affections of the genital organs which induce an impulse to scratch, such as eczema, prurigo, urticaria, &c.
The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900
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This is seen in its highest degree in itching diseases like prurigo and pityriasis.
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This is seen in its highest degree in itching diseases like prurigo and pityriasis.
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A good representation of _prurigo_ may be seen in Colored Plate II, Fig. 6.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Chamæleonis enim nigri radix ea virtute pollet, ut cuti applicata ipsam adeo inflammet, ut nec squillæ, nec urticæ ullæ centesima parte ita adurent: At prurigo non adeo celeriter sese prodit.
Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669
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Post unam aut alteram porro horam, singuli variis faciei locis cutem adeo inflammatam habere cæpimus ut tota sanguinea videretur, atque quo magis eam confricabamus, tanto magis excitabatur prurigo.
Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669
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The last doctor I saw didn't even know what prurigo nodularis was.
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