| aquagenic pruritus | Intense itching produced by brief contact with water at any temperature without visible changes in the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bath pruritus | Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pruritus | 1. <symptom> Itching, an unpleasant cutaneous sensation that provokes the desire to rub or scratch the skin to obtain relief. 2. Any of various conditions marked by itching, the specific site or type being indicated by a modifying term. Origin: L. From prurire = to itch (06 Oct 1997) |
| pruritus aestivalis | Pruritus occurring during hot weather; may be associated with prickly heat. Synonym: summer itch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pruritus ani | Intense chronic itching in the anal area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pruritus balnea | Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pruritus hiemalis | A recurrent eczema appearing with the advent of cold weather. Synonym: frost itch, lumberman's itch, pruritus hiemalis, winter itch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pruritus senilis | Senile pruritus, itching associated with dryness of the skin in the aged. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pruritus vulvae | Intense itching of the external female genitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| symptomatic pruritus | Itching occurring as a symptom of some systemic disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| essential pruritus | Itching that occurs independently of skin lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diabetic | Diabetes mellitus is a disorder that is caused by the insufficient production of the pancreatic hormone insulin. Without insulin cells are unable to absorb glucose, necessary for cellular metabolism and energy production. Patients may have type I diabetes (juvenile onset) or type II diabetes (adult onset). Individuals with either condition are considered to be diabetic. (27 Sep 1997) |
| diabetic acidosis | Decreased pH and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids caused by accumulation of ketone bodies in diabetes mellitus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diabetic amyotrophy | A type of diabetic neuropathy that primarily affects elderly patients with diabetes mellitus; clinically characterised by unilateral or bilateral anterior thigh pain, weakness, and atrophy; of abrupt or gradual onset and, when bilateral, of simultaneous or sequential onset, and usually asymmetrical; one type of diabetic polyradiculopathy. Sometimes referred to, erroneously, as diabetic femoral neuropathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diabetic arthropathy | A neuropathic arthropathy occurring in diabetes. (05 Mar 2000) |