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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 itchingplay

  Familiarity information: PRURIGO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRURIGO (noun)


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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