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PRURIGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prurigo mean?
• PRURIGO (noun)
The noun PRURIGO has 1 sense:
1. chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching
Familiarity information: PRURIGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("prurigo" is a kind of...):
disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)
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