NOUN | cognition | itchiness, itch, itching | an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch |
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Meaning | An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch. | |
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Synonyms | itch, itching | |
Narrower | pruritus | An intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.) |
Broader | cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation | A sensation localized on the skin |
Spanish | comezón, escozor, picazón, picor, prurito | |
Catalan | picor, pruïja | |
Adjectives | itchy | causing an irritating / irritating cutaneous sensation |
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