ITCHINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does itchiness mean? 

• ITCHINESS (noun)
  The noun ITCHINESS has 1 sense:

1. an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

  Familiarity information: ITCHINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ITCHINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

itch; itchiness; itching

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)

 Context examples 

Atopic dermatitis symptoms range from minor itchiness to extreme discomfort that can disrupt a child’s sleep and can lead to recurrent infections in scratched, broken skin.

(Scientists identify unique subtype of eczema linked to food allergy, National Institutes of Health)

A question about an individual's distress related to their physical problems with skin dryness or itchiness.

(Distress over Physical Problem with Dry or Itchy Skin, NCI Thesaurus)