What does prurition mean?
Prurition means itching.
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/pɹʊˈɹɪʃən/ · noun
itching.
He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin.
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Prurition means itching.
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He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin.
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