(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.
Tich
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) In an attempt to discover whether the minimum amount of time involved in such a system of secondary referral must of necessity put some patients at risk, and whether any significant delay could be eliminated without radical change in this system, we have carried out a detailed prospective analysis of the sequence of events involved in the emergency transfer of 117 consecutive patients with suspected traumatic intracranial haematoma (TICH).
(2) There were 48 patients with TICH who had no operations but there were no deaths attributable to a missed operation.
(3) Of 729 patients, 135 were identified as having suffered a traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (TICH).
(4) Although tich resembles brachypodism phenotypically it is not linked to agouti, and does not match the description of any other skeletal mutation.
(5) The article deals with the analysis of the clinical and computed tomography data, treatment, and outcomes in 94 patients with traumatic intracerebral hematomas (TICH).
(6) A spontaneous mutation 'tich' (gene symbol tch) appeared as a recessive mutation in inbred mice of strain A. TL.
(7) Puncture evacuation of the TICH may be resorted to if more than three fourths of its volume can be aspirated.
(8) The RNA product (X RNA), approximately 70 nucleotides long, is initiated with either pppC or pppG and contains an AU-tich sequence.
(9) The indications for nonoperative treatment of TICH are a level of consciousness of the patient of no lower than 10 marks of the Glasgow coma scale, hematoma diameter of less than 4 cm, and the absence of clinical and computed tomography signs of brain stem compression.
(10) The stereotaxic method is recommended for removal of TICH situated in the region of the basal ganglia.