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itch Definition:
- Itch is a sensation that causes the desire or reflex to scratch. Itch has resisted many attempts to classify it as any one type of sensory experience. Modern science has shown that itch has many similarities to pain, and while both are unpleasant sensory experiences, their behavioral response patterns are different. Pain creates a withdrawal reflex, whereas itch leads to a scratch reflex.
| Itch (v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected. |
| Itch (v. i.) To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness |
| Itch (n.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact. |
| Itch (n.) Any itching eruption. |
| Itch (n.) A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption |
| Itch (n.) A constant irritating desire. |
| itch mite / sarcoptid whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals, "itch mites cause scabies" |
| itch / itchiness / itching an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch |
| urge / itch a strong restless desire, "why this urge to travel?" |
| alastrim / variola minor / pseudosmallpox / pseudovariola / milk pox / white pox / West Indian smallpox / Cuban itch / Kaffir pox a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus |
| dhobi itch fungal infection attacking moist parts of the body |
| tinea barbae / barber's itch fungal infection of the face and neck |
| tinea cruris / jock itch / eczema marginatum fungal infection of the groin (most common in men) |
| a venereal disease / VD / venereal infection / social disease / Cupid's itch / Cupid's disease / Venus's curse / dose / sexually transmitted disease / STD a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact |
| scabies / itch a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite, characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation, "he has a bad case of the itch" |
| pellagra / Alpine scurvy / mal de la rosa / mal rosso / maidism / mayidism / Saint Ignatius' itch a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin), characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders, may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments |
itch Synonyme:
| itch ache acne acne vulgaris an universal wolf andromania aphrodisia appetence appetency appetite appetition biological urge bodily appetite carnal desire concupiscence coveting crave craving dermamycosis dermatitis dermatosis desire die eczema elephantiasis epithelioma eromania eroticism eroticomaniac erotism erotomania erysipelas erythema exanthem fidget fleshly lust furor uterinus goatishness gynecomania hanker hankering have the fidgets heat rash herpes herpes simplex herpes zoster hives horniness hot blood hot pants hunger impetigo indecency infantile sexuality irritation itchiness itching jerk jig jigger jigget jiggle jungle rot lasciviousness leprosy libidinousness lichen lichen primus lickerishness longing lupus lupus vulgaris lust lustfulness mania miliaria nymphomania passion pemphigus pine polymorphous perversity prick prickle prickling prickly heat pruigo prurience pruriency pruritus psora ringworm satyriasis satyrism scabies scratch sexual desire sexual longing sexual passion shingles sigh skin cancer sting tetter thirst thrill tickle tickling tingle tingling twitch urge vellicate venereal appetite want wish yearn yearning yen yeuk |
| itch for ache for be dying for be hurting for be in heat clamor for come in cry for desire estruate gape for hone for hope for languish for long for lust lust after lust for pant for pine for rut sigh for spoil for thirst for weary for wish for yearn for yen for |
| itch to ache to be dying to burn to chafe choose to dearly love to fret fuss get excited hardly wait hasten jump the gun like to long to love to squirm stew sweat sweat and stew sweat it out wait impatiently want to wish to |