ITCHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does itching mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ITCHING (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 ("itching" 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 "itching"):

pruritus (an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.))

Derivation:

itch (have or perceive an itch)

 Context examples 

The use of free niacin is limited by its side effects of skin flushing (i.e., redness, itching, burning, and paresthesias).

(Niacin-based Antilipidemic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include sneezing, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, and itching.

(Allergic Rhinitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include sneezing, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea and itching.

(Allergic Rhinitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Desloratadine diminishes the typical histaminergic effects on H1-receptors in bronchial smooth muscle, capillaries and gastrointestinal smooth muscle, including vasodilation, bronchoconstriction, increased vascular permeability, pain, itching and spasmodic contractions of gastrointestinal smooth muscle.

(Desloratadine, NCI Thesaurus)

These histamine activities include vasodilation, bronchoconstriction, increased vascular permeability, pain, itching, and spasmodic contractions of gastrointestinal smooth muscles.

(Antazoline, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents histamine-induced bronchoconstriction, vasodilation, increased capillary permeability, itching, and spasmodic contractions of GI smooth muscle.

(Bromodiphenhydramine, NCI Thesaurus)

It can cause swelling, itching, burning, discharge, and redness.

(Pinkeye, NIH: National Eye Institute)

This drug also prevents histamine-induced pain and itching of the skin and mucous membranes.

(Acrivastine, NCI Thesaurus)

There may also be itching, especially when overheated.

(Pityriasis Rosea, NCI Thesaurus)

Calamine lotions and oatmeal baths can help with itching.

(Chickenpox, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)