itch
(ĭch)n.
1. An irritating skin sensation causing a desire to scratch.
2. Any of various skin disorders, such as scabies, marked by intense irritation and itching.
3. A restless desire or craving for something: an itch to travel.
v. itched, itch·ing, itch·es
v.intr.
1.
a. To feel, have, or produce an itch.
b. To have a desire to scratch.
2. To have a persistent, restless craving.
v.tr.
1. To cause to itch.
2. To scratch (an itch).
[Middle English yicche, from Old English gicce, from giccan, to itch.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  itching - an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratchpruritus - an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.) |
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Translations
itching
[ˈɪtʃɪŋ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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itch·ing
n. sensación de picazón.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
itching, itchiness
n picazón f comezón f to relieve the itching..aliviar la picazón (comezón)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.