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ITCHINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
Synonyms:
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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