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An intense itching sensation that produces the urge to rub or scratch the skin to obtain relief.
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- Itching
- Pruritis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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/drug ther: consider also ANTIPRURITICS
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pruritus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011537. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011537
- Pruritus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itch
- Pruritus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199602