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Definition: Prurigo |
PrurigoNoun1. Chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Prurigo \Pru*ri"go\, noun. [Latin expression, an itching, the itch, from prurire to itch.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Prurigo |
| English words defined with "prurigo": Pruriginous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Prurigo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (to itch), Portuguese (itching, prurigo), Spanish (prurigo). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Second Series. No.III. Prurigo Senilis. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Examples include persistent light reaction, actinic reticuloid, polymorphous light eruption, solar urticaria, hydroa aestivale, hydroa vacciniforme, actinic prurigo, lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, Darier's disease, and disseminated superficial actinic parakeratosis. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nodularis prurigo | 43 |
prurigo | 15 |
nodules prurigo | 3 |
actinic prurigo | 2 |
prurigo simplex | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "prurigo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пруриго. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | prurigo (itching), kløe (itching, pruritus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | prurigo (itching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prurigo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Prurigo (itching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οξεία απλή κνήφη (lichen urticatus, prurigo simplex, strophulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prurigo (itching), prurigine (itching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urigopray prurigo (itching). (various references) prurigo (itching). (various references) свербець. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "prurigo": prurigos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "prurigo" (pronounced 'Pru*ri"go'): AErugo, Amigo, Arango, Argo, Bongo, Botargo, Bungo, Caligo, Camerlingo, Cargo, Cerago, Chimango, Colugo, Contango, Cundurango, Dago, Ferrugo, Fidalgo, flamingo, galago, Ginkgo, gringo, Hidalgo, imago, impetigo, intertrigo, jingo, lanugo, Largo, lentigo, lingo, lumbago, mango, Melligo, Non-ego, Pichiciago, plumbago, Pongo, Potargo, Rubigo, sago, Sargo, Sego, Serpigo, Solidago, sorgo, Squintifego, Stingo, Subimago, Suffrago. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-o-p-r-r-u" | |
-1 letter: rigour. | |
-2 letters: group, guiro, pirog, prior, rigor. | |
-3 letters: giro, gorp, grip, pour, prig, prog, puri, purr, roup. | |
-4 letters: gip, gor, our, pig, piu, poi, pro, pug, pur, rig, rip, rug, upo. | |
-5 letters: go, op, or, pi, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-o-p-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: prurigos. | |
+2 letters: procuring, repouring. | |
+3 letters: corrupting, intergroup, proroguing, protruding, purporting, regrouping. | |
+4 letters: purgatorial, purgatories, reproducing, resprouting. | |
+5 letters: overtrumping, rustproofing, superorganic. | |
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