prurigo

(pru-ri’go) [L.]. A chronic skin disease marked by the development of small, pale papules and intense itching. The papules are deep-seated, and the disease begins in childhood and lasts through life, being usually incurable. p. sestiva’- lis, summer prurigo: a severe relapsing, bullous eruption, occurring in warm weather only. p. a‘gria, an extremely severe form of prurigo. diathetic p., any prurigo which is so completely established as to constitute ἃ diathesis. p. fe’rox, a form characterized by intense itching, large papules, and swollen lymph-glands: an incurable and mainly congenital form. Hebra’s p., true or typical prurigo. Hutch in son’s p., the prurigo of dentition. Ῥ. mi’tis, prurigo of a mild type. p. nodula’ris, a condition marked by the formation on the skin of multiple tumors, accompanied by intense itching. p. sim’plex, a relatively mild form characterized by crops of papules having a tendency to cyclic recurrence.