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itch
(redirected from Pruritis)

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itch
any skin disorder, such as scabies, characterized by intense itching

itch [ich]
(physiology)
An irritating cutaneous sensation allied to pain.


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15) Therefore, although intralesional corticosteroids do not eradicate keloids, they can diminish pruritis and pain and can soften the lesions.
The patient recalled pruritis and scratching during his stay in Algeria.
But the skin problems that most often plague the elderly are pruritis (itching) and over-drying.
 
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