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ITCHINESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

Synonyms:

itch; itchiness; itching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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.))

Derivation:

itchy (causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch)

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