pruritus ani

1. 1.

   chronic itching of the skin around the anus

   Broaderpruritus

Questions about pruritus ani

What does pruritus ani mean?

pruritus ani means "chronic itching of the skin around the anus".

Is pruritus ani a common word?

pruritus ani is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.