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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Skin Manifestations > Pruritus
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Pruritus

Preferred term

Pruritus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Itching
  • Pruritis

Note

  • /drug ther: consider also ANTIPRURITICS

Scope note

  • An intense itching sensation that produces the urge to rub or scratch the skin to obtain relief.

In other languages

  • kutina

    Finnish

  • kutka
  • määrittämätön kutina
  • pruritus
  • pruritus non specificatus
  • syyhyäminen
  • Klåda

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011537

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