| actinic prurigo | A form recurring each summer, becoming very severe as long as the hot weather continues. Synonym: actinic prurigo, summer prurigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Besnier's prurigo | An atopic form which may be associated with asthma, hay fever, or other allergic conditions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hebra's prurigo | A severe form of chronic dermatitis with secondary infection in which there are constantly recurring, intensely itchy papules and nodules, often associated with atopy. Synonym: prurigo agria, prurigo ferox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prurigo | <medicine> A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in colour. Origin: L, an itching, the itch, fr. Prurire to itch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| prurigo aestivalis | A form recurring each summer, becoming very severe as long as the hot weather continues. Synonym: actinic prurigo, summer prurigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prurigo agria | A severe form of chronic dermatitis with secondary infection in which there are constantly recurring, intensely itchy papules and nodules, often associated with atopy. Synonym: prurigo agria, prurigo ferox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prurigo ferox | A severe form of chronic dermatitis with secondary infection in which there are constantly recurring, intensely itchy papules and nodules, often associated with atopy. Synonym: prurigo agria, prurigo ferox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prurigo gestationis | A pruritic papular skin disease occurring in pregnant women, without adversely affecting pregnancy or the foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prurigo infantilis | A sensitivity reaction to insect bites, especially human and pet fleas, seen mostly in young children as wheals followed by papules on exposed areas. Synonym: lichen urticatus, prurigo infantilis, urticaria papulosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prurigo mitis | A mild form of a chronic dermatitis characterised by recurring, intensely itching papules and nodules, probably atopic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prurigo nodularis | An eruption of hard nodules (Picker's nodules) in the skin caused by rubbing and accompanied by intense itching. Synonym: Hyde's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prurigo simplex | A mild form of prurigo having a pronounced tendency to relapse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| summer prurigo | A form recurring each summer, becoming very severe as long as the hot weather continues. Synonym: actinic prurigo, summer prurigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastectomy, simple | Removal of only the breast tissue and nipple and a small portion of the overlying skin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| microscope, simple | <microscopy> A microscope that has a single converging lens (or a combination of lenses that function optically as a single converging lens). Anton van leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) made good use of the simple microscope to look at the life within a drop of water, and such. The magnifying properties of lenses had been well known in ancient times (for example to the greeks and romans) but it was not until about 1600 that it became possible to make small lenses with the precision needed to make a microscope. (12 Dec 1998) |