prurigo vs disease of the skin

prurigo and disease of the skin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prurigo	Yes	No	No	No
disease of the skin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, disease of the skin is a hypernym of prurigo; that is, disease of the skin is a word with a broader meaning than prurigo:

prurigo: chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching
disease of the skin: a disease affecting the skin

Other hypernyms of prurigo include skin disease, skin disorder.

prurigo (noun)	disease of the skin (noun)
chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching	a disease affecting the skin