prurigo

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

French

Pronunciation
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Noun

prurigo m (plural prurigos)

  1. prurigo

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

prūriō (“I itch”) +‎ -īgō

Pronunciation

Noun

prūrīgō f (genitive prūrīginis); third declension

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

Declension

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

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French prurigo.

Noun

prurigo n (uncountable)

  1. prurigo

Declension
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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