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PRURITUS ANI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pruritus ani mean?
• PRURITUS ANI (noun)
The noun PRURITUS ANI has 1 sense:
1. chronic itching of the skin around the anus
Familiarity information: PRURITUS ANI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chronic itching of the skin around the anus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pruritus ani" is a kind of...):
pruritus (an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.))
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