ITCHING
\ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ], \ˈɪtʃɪŋ], \ˈɪ_tʃ_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of ITCHING
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Pruritus, an indescribable sensation of irritation of the skin or accessible mucous membranes impelling to scratching or rubbing of the affected parts.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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Having a sensation and desire for scratching; having a constant longing desire.
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A state of the skin which creates the desire for rubbing or scratching; a constant teasing desire.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A sensation, more inconvenient than painful, seated especially at the surface of the body, which provokes the patient to scratch the part. It may be either an external or an internal sensation: that is, produced by an external body, or by some modification in the organic actions of the part to which it is referred.
By Robley Dunglison
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