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ITCHINESS

English dictionary: Word overview

ITCHINESS (noun)
  The noun ITCHINESS has 1 sense:

1. an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

  Familiarity information: ITCHINESS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ITCHINESS (noun)


Sense 1itchiness [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

itchiness; itching; itch

Hypernyms ("itchiness" is a kind of...):

cutaneous sensation; haptic sensation; skin sensation (a sensation localized on the skin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "itchiness"):

pruritus (an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.))


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