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What (who) is itch - definition
SENSATION THAT CAUSES THE DESIRE OR REFLEX TO SCRATCH
Itchiness; Itching; Pruritus; Pruritis; Yeuk; Itch cycle; Pruritic; Skin itch; Anogenital pruritus; Generalised pruritus of unknown aetiology; Methylamphetamine-induced pruritus; Puritis; Itches; Chronic pruritus of unknown origin; Itchy skin
![[[Swimmer's itch]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CercariaDermatitis.JPG?width=200 "[[Swimmer's itch]]")
![[[Scabies]] is one cause of itching.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scabies-burrow.jpg?width=200 "[[Scabies]] is one cause of itching.")
![A [[chipmunk]] scratching itself.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Squirrel Scratching the Armpit with its Hindlimb.jpg?width=200 "A [[chipmunk]] scratching itself.")
![[[Athlete's foot]] (showing the toes from below plus the front part of the sole)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tinea pedis interdigitalis.jpg?width=200 "[[Athlete's foot]] (showing the toes from below plus the front part of the sole)")
itching
I
adj. (colloq.) (cannot stand alone)
1) itching for (he's itching for a fight)
2) itching to + inf. (he's itching to get into action)
II
n.
1) to cause itching
2) to alleviate, relieve (the) itching
itching
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PROTEIN-CODING GENE IN THE SPECIES HOMO SAPIENS
ITCH (biology); ITCH (gene)
I
n.
itchy feeling
1) to relieve an itch
2)
wish
(colloq.) an itch to + inf. (she has an itch to go out west)
II
v. (colloq.) (d; intr.) ('to yearn') to itch for (to itch for a fight)
Wikipedia
Itch
Itch (also known as pruritus) is a sensation that causes the desire or reflex to scratch. Itch has resisted many attempts to be classified as any one type of sensory experience. 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.
Unmyelinated nerve fibers for itch and pain both originate in the skin; however, information for them is conveyed centrally in two distinct systems that both use the same nerve bundle and spinothalamic tract.
Examples of use of itch
1. Don‘t their fingertips itch to be prime minister?
2. It was strangely satisfying, like scrat ching an itch.
3. Technorati is a classic case of scratching a personal itch.
4. The Seven Year Itch (Not rated) Director÷ Billy Wilder.
5. He said: "After seven or eight years, you do see a seven year itch.