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prurigo

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin prūrīgō (“an itching, the itch”), from prūriō (“I itch”).

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Noun edit

prurigo (countable and uncountable, plural prurigos or prurigoes)

  1. (medicine) A papular disease of the skin, with intense itching as the main symptom.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “prurigo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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prurigo m (plural prurigos)

  1. prurigo

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

prūriō (“I itch”) +‎ -īgō

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Noun edit

prūrīgō f (genitive prūrīginis); third declension

  1. an itching, the itch
  2. a lecherous itching, lasciviousness

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prūrīgō prūrīginēs
Genitive prūrīginis prūrīginum
Dative prūrīginī prūrīginibus
Accusative prūrīginem prūrīginēs
Ablative prūrīgine prūrīginibus
Vocative prūrīgō prūrīginēs

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: pruïja
  • → English: prurigo
  • → Italian: prurigine

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French prurigo.

Noun edit

prurigo n (uncountable)

  1. prurigo

Declension edit

declension of prurigo (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) prurigo prurigoul
genitive/dative (unui) prurigo prurigoului
vocative prurigoule
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