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1. An irritating sensation in the skin that arouses the desire to scratch. SYN: pruritus (2). 2. Common name for scabies. [A.S. gikkan]

- azo i. itching that occurs among workers in azo dyes.

- baker i. an eruption on the hands and arms of bakers due to an allergic reaction to flour or other substances handled, or to the grain i. mite.

- barber i. SYN: tinea barbae.

- bath i. SYN: bath pruritus.

- copra i. a dermatitis occurring in workers in copra mills, caused by the presence of a mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae.

- Cuban i. SYN: alastrim.

- frost i. SYN: winter i..

- grain i. a wheal-like cutaneous eruption occasionally noted in farmers and grain handlers, caused by the action of the mite Pyemotes ventricosus.

- grocer i. a vesicular dermatitis seen in grocers and bakers who handle sugar or flour; caused by a mite of the genus Glycophagus.

- ground i. SYN: cutaneous larva migrans.

- kabure i. SYN: schistosomiasis japonica.

- Norway i. SYN: Norwegian scabies.

- poultryman's i. eruption due to infestation with the mite, Dermanyssus gallinae.

- rice i. SYN: schistosomiasis japonica.

- Saint Ignatius i. SYN: pellagra.

- straw i., straw-bed i. an urticarial eruption caused by the mite, Pyemotes ventricosus, which can infest straw used in mattresses. SYN: dermatitis pediculoides ventricosus.

- summer i. SYN: pruritus aestivalis.

- swimmer's i. SYN: schistosomal dermatitis.

- water i. 1. SYN: cutaneous larva migrans. 2. SYN: schistosomal dermatitis.

- winter i. a recurrent eczema appearing with the advent of cold weather. SYN: dermatitis hiemalis, frost i., pruritus hiemalis.

itch 'ich n

1) an uneasy irritating sensation in the upper surface of the skin usu. held to result from mild stimulation of pain receptors

2) a skin disorder accompanied by an itch esp a contagious eruption caused by an itch mite of the genus Sarcoptes (S. scabiei) that burrows in the skin and causes intense itching

itch vb

itch·i·ness 'ich-ē-nəs n

itchy -ē adj

discomfort or irritation of the skin, prompting the sufferer to scratch or rub the affected area. It is the main symptom of skin disease. See pruritus.