(v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.
(v. i.) To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.
(n.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.
(n.) Any itching eruption.
(n.) A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.
(n.) A constant irritating desire.
Example Sentences:
(1) The effects of the depth of injection and of skin temperature on the latency, magnitude, and duration of itch were examined.
(2) It was found that medrysone (1%) significantly improved the symptoms of itching, watering, photophobia and hyperaemia, while sodium cromoglycate (2%) was found to be ineffective.
(3) Treatments for jock itch include anti-fungal ointments and lotions, or anti-fungal pills for severe cases.
(4) The speediest effect was registered for sneezing, followed by nasal catarrh, nasal itching, and blocking.
(5) We reviewed 52 reports in the literature of the use of epidural and spinal opiates to assess the incidence of itching and found an overall incidence of 8.5% in patients receiving epidural opiates, and 46% in patients receiving spinal opiates.
(6) Side effects with OTFC were more frequent: nose itching occurred in 65%, body itching in 10%, and vomiting in 30%.
(7) Itching appeared before erythema in 83% of subjects and within 5-8 min after instillation of the allergen.
(8) Topical BDP by both methods of delivery was rapidly effective in decreasing mean nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, sneezing, and itching symptoms as well as mean eye symptoms with no statistically significant differences between them.
(9) Chlorpheniramine given alone produced no significant benefit whilst cimetidine alone produced a marked exacerbation in itching in nearly half the patients who initially entered the study and was sufficient to require withdrawal.
(10) But the ad any American politico worth his salt would be itching to make would open thus.
(11) The treatment proved to be effective in those with toxicoderma, secondary xanthomatosis, porphyria cutanea tarda, skin itching, and urticaria, particularly in the cases when toxic exposures and gastrointestinal conditions contributed to the disease pathogenesis.
(12) Degrees of itching were estimated before and for 6 months after a fourth dose of ivermectin or placebo was given to 97 subjects in Sierra Leone.
(13) "Itching" was the most frequent complaint, encountered in 20 (69%) of the study patient.
(14) For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths."
(15) And even more scary, I have a drillion moles all over my body, some of which have now started itching, on my back.
(16) PUPP is a specific eruptive dermatosis in pregnancy, clinically characterized by erythematous papules and plaques with intense itching in periumbilical localization.
(17) Severity of itching was determined by a visual linear analogue scale.
(18) Giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC) is largely a soft contact lens-related syndrome, characterized by the formation of giant papillae on the upper tarsal conjunctiva, itching, excess mucus, erythema, and contact lens intolerance.
(19) Therapeutic response was assessed according to the suppression of symptoms and symptom diary scores of daily itching and frequency, number, size, and duration of hives.
(20) The study which was carried out in 20 patients confirmed the lack of collateral effects on the fetus, mother (except for slight itching in 25% of cases) and the progress of labour.
Mitch
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) She expressed her condolences to Winehouse's parents, Mitch and Janis, who did not attend the inquest, marking the loss of "a talented woman at such a young age".
(2) Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority and minority leaders, held two lengthy meetings on Monday in an attempt to nail down terms of a possible compromise.
(3) Earlier this primary season, Tea Party-aligned candidates lost a series of high-profile battles, including in Georgia, North Carolina and Kentucky, where there was a failed attempt to overthrow the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell.
(4) "A couple of years into Obama's first term, Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, said: our priority, as the Republican party, is to make sure Obama is a one-term president .
(5) "This has electrified the country," said the Republican senate leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky.
(6) Kickstarting what is expected to be a concerted effort to undermine the accord over the next two months, Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate majority leader, accused the White House of “reaching the best deal acceptable to Iran, rather than actually advancing our national goal”.
(7) McConnell v Federal Election Commission, 2003 Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell and others challenged the McCain-Feingold legislation in 2003 in the supreme court.
(8) Senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell worked through the weekend to find a way to raise the debt ceiling and re-open government.
(9) Both developments represent a remarkable capitulation for the Republican Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, who had initially sought to simply extend the Patriot Act provisions, despite overwhelming support in the House of Representatives for the USA Freedom Act.
(10) Let’s say Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell strike a deal today ( that’s looking unlikely ).
(11) His regular punching bags get patented nicknames: Lindsey Graham is “goober”, John McCain is “John McPain”, and he once called Mitch McConnell “ The Benedict Arnold of the US Senate ”.
(12) The Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, attempted to reconcile the competing tensions on Wednesday by portraying the bill not so much as one aimed at trying to prevent another Wall Street crisis as opening the way for what he said would be an endless round of the hated bank bailouts.
(13) Introducing the bill on Wednesday, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said: “This bill will ensure that taxpayer dollars that are supposed to be spent on women’s health are, in fact, spent on women’s health.” Planned Parenthood, which points out that abortions represent only a fraction of the healthcare services it provides to women nationwide, says that of $1.3bn in revenue last year, $528m came from taxpayers, including state funds that help finance Medicaid.
(14) "When Fred Perry came to us to ask what we would like to do with the new collection, it was natural to continue," said the singer's father Mitch Winehouse.
(15) We could do with a little less drama from the White House,” Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said.
(16) Mitch McConnell, the Republicans’ leader in the Senate ran on a slogan of “Guns, Freedom and Coal”.
(17) In a functional party the Republican Speaker, John Boehner, would work out what changes he could make to the bill to give the Republican Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, a fighting chance of getting the requisite majority to pass legislation they could both take credit for.
(18) Mitch Fifield, the assistant minister for social services, told the paper: “It’s important, as the legislated expiry dates of board appointments approach, to make sure we have into the future the best mix of skills and experience from current and new members for a venture of this magnitude and importance.” The ads seek previous corporate experience and work in disability services.
(19) Most of the fish are fresh off the boat from round the bay in Brixham, although the crab and lobster comes from Dartmouth and the salmon is home-smoked by Mitch.
(20) Updated at 8.23am BST 7.42am BST Default fears get Senate leaders moving Senate majority leader Harry Reid fuelled hopes of a deal last night when he told reporters that he and minority leader Mitch McConnell had made "tremendous progress" towards a deal.