What's the difference between itchy and scratch?

Itchy


Definition:

  • (a.) Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Patients with acute or chronic liver disease often suffer from dry, itchy and flaky skin.
  • (2) The two treatments were equally effective in controlling eye irritation, sneezing, nasal congestion and itchy nose, throat and palate, but cetirizine improved rhinorrhea more than terfenadine (P less than .05).
  • (3) Acne solaris a form of acne that appears and relapses after sun exposure, is almost always itchy and is preferably localized on the upper anterior chest, the deltoid regions and the shoulders.
  • (4) The severity of the symptoms sneezing, running nose, blocked nose and itchy eyes was recorded daily by each patient on a 10 cm visual analog scale.
  • (5) A similar, although non-significant, trend was observed for sneezing and itchy nose, but there was no apparent difference in the reporting of sore eyes.
  • (6) Read more Reputex says the detailed rules confirm none of Australia’s top 20 emitting facilities – including brown coal-fired power stations Loy Yang A and B and Hazelwood, and new liquefied natural gas processing facilities such as Wheatstone, Gorgon, Itchys and Pluto – will be forced to reduce emissions.
  • (7) Blood tests were done weekly and patients used a visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 to 100 to mark their level of itchiness daily.
  • (8) A day or so later came an itchy rash across her body and a fever of 39C (102F), swiftly followed by raw red conjunctivitis eyes.
  • (9) Efficacy evaluation consisted of nasal flow rates measured by rhinomanometry, sneeze counts, nasal itchiness scores, and weight of nasal secretions during challenges.
  • (10) The in vitro incorporation of 14C acetate by the epidermis has been studied in patients with autosomal dominant ichthyosis and in patients with a dry, itchy, slightly scaly skin associated with a disorder of the small bowel.
  • (11) Scratching the itchy lesions often spreads the condition by transplanting the remanent resinous toxin to other parts of the body.
  • (12) Sometimes, he says, people don't realise it's the cream that's to blame for their itchy skin, and rub even more on.
  • (13) Two days after ingestion of snails, they developed a generalized itchy maculopapular rash followed by myalgia, marked paresthesia, fever and headache.
  • (14) Although no significant differences were found for itchy nose, blocked nose, and ocular symptoms, severities tended to be generally less under levocabastine than under sodium cromoglycate.
  • (15) He wouldn't ask you to put your itchy ear up to the camera.
  • (16) Reputex says the detailed rules, signed off by cabinet on Tuesday, confirm that none of Australia’s top 20 emitting facilities – including brown coal-fired power stations Loy Yang A and B and Hazelwood, and new LNG processing facilities such as Wheatstone, Gorgon, Itchys and Pluto – will be forced to reduce emissions.
  • (17) We examined one male and two female patients with a localised itchy erythematous papule of the eyelid.
  • (18) It was found that May was stated to be the month of onset of the disease for the indigenous group whereas June tended to be the month of onset for the immigrant group.The sample proved too small to detect any existing patterns in personal or family history, but sex links were found in both response to grass pollen and a personal history of asthma, in that men showed less tendency to asthma whilst proportionately less women than men responded to grass pollen skin tests only.We suggest that a diagnosis of hay fever should be considered in both the young and the elderly who present with recurrent symptoms occurring only in the summer months, of one or more of the following: sneezing, lacrimation, nasal drip, nasal blockage, wheezing, dry throat, or itchy eyes.
  • (19) This case report illustrates that the typical symptoms of allergic rhinitis--rhinorrhea, itchy eyes, nose and throat--should not be taken as a routine phenomenon without consideration of other differential diagnoses.
  • (20) Total symptom severity as a percentage of the theoretical maximum symptom severity during the treatment period was lower for levocabastine than for sodium cromoglycate (p = 0.06) or placebo (p = 0.004) for the severest nasal symptom (35% versus 47% and 76%), sneezing (the most frequent symptom) (27% versus 42% and 67%), and itchy nose (18% versus 37% and 67%).

Scratch


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
  • (v. t.) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.
  • (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.
  • (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
  • (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
  • (n.) A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.
  • (n.) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.
  • (n.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
  • (n.) A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
  • (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
  • (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To test the hypothesis that EAA agonists are involved in transmission of nociceptive information in the spinal cord, we tested the effect of various opioid, sigma and phencyclidine compounds on the action of NMDA in the tail-flick, hot-plate and biting and scratching nociceptive tests.
  • (2) Some organization schemes concerning locomotor and scratching rhythmicity generators are considered, such as: two half-centres with reciprocal inhibitory connections and tonic excitatory influences on these half-centres: two half-centres with inhibitory-excitatory connections and tonic excitatory influences on one half-centre; ring structures consisting of more than two functional groups of neurons with excitatory and inhibitory connections between them.
  • (3) In an interview with the Guardian, James Hansen, the world's pre-eminent climate scientist, said any agreement likely to emerge from the negotiations would be so deeply flawed that it would be better to start again from scratch.
  • (4) The satisfaction derived from smoking depends not only on the pharmacological effects of nicotine but also the sensory stimulation from smoke inhalation, particularly the tracheal 'scratch'.
  • (5) The pathogenesis of the prolific mite population is unclear, but either a specific immunologic deficit or the inability to effectively eliminate the mites by scratching is a plausible possibility.
  • (6) Forty-three percent of dog bites, and 52% of cat bites-scratches were provoked, that is, happened while the victim was interacting with the animal.
  • (7) If the NHS was being created from scratch, primary and community care would be treated as one service.
  • (8) The timing of knee extensor activity within the hip cycle is different for each form of the scratch (Robertson et al., 1985); thus, the sign of the reset cannot be predicted from the timing of the stimulus relative to the knee extensor cycle.
  • (9) We report a patient with cat scratch disease who presented with multiple scattered nodular lesions on the legs.
  • (10) Application of APV to a midbody segment also reduced the magnitude of temporal summation in the scratch circuit in response to electrical stimuli delivered to the shell at 4- to 5-s intervals.
  • (11) Windshields, spectacles, contact lenses, lashes, an excessive tear meniscus, intraocular lens scratches, and posterior capsular opacification are possible causes that can be easily identified and treated.
  • (12) Ventral UVA pre-exposure did not appear to affect dorsal skin irritation as expressed by scratch marks.
  • (13) A rare vascular proliferation found as a skin lesion in patients suffering from the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and sometimes referred to as epithelioid angiomatosis is believed to be a manifestation of infection by the cat scratch bacillus or a related organism.
  • (14) We have made Afghanistan stronger by building up from scratch strong security forces.
  • (15) Immunoperoxidase staining with an antiserum raised against the cat-scratch disease bacillus stained these organisms in all patients.
  • (16) licking, scratching, grooming, head and limb movements), a reaction termed immobility.
  • (17) These data suggest that hindlimb scratching induced by 5-HT agonists may not be centrally mediated but rather may be mediated by a neuronal 5-HT1A receptor localized outside the blood-brain barrier.
  • (18) In contrast, after weaning they showed a significant increment in the duration of face-washing, head-washing, fur licking and body-scratching.
  • (19) A strong correlation was found between reduction in scratching and improvement in skin status.
  • (20) But screens already demonstrated by GT can withstand scratches from concrete.