ITCH

Itch

Itch is a sensation that causes the desire or reflex to scratch. Itch has resisted many attempts to classify it as any one type of sensory experience. Modern science has shown that itch has many similarities to pain, and while both are unpleasant sensory experiences, their behavioral response patterns are different. Pain creates a withdrawal reflex while itch leads to a scratch reflex.

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itch

Noun

  1. A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
  2. A desire or want.

Verb

  1. To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
  2. To want or desire.
    He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
  3. To cause to feel an itch.
  4. To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.


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