Prurition

//pɹʊˈɹɪʃən// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    itching uncountable

    "He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin."

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"He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin."

Etymology

From Latin prurire (“to itch”).

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