Pruritus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pruritus \Pru*ri"tus\, n. [L.] (Med.)
     Itching.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pruritus
       n : an intense itching sensation that can have various causes
           (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice
           etc.)