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• itch — verb. Itch is recorded with the transitive meaning ‘to cause to itch’ from the 16c, but in BrE is now usually informal only, although it is still standard in AmE. Some examples are poetic: • The thick super salty water of the Mediterranean, which …   Modern English usage

• Itch, jellyfish — An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish are common between March and August in the waters off of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. There may be no adult… …   Medical dictionary

• itch — 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 …   Medical dictionary

• Swimmer's itch — Swimmer s doack Classification and external resources Cercarial dermatitis on lower legs, four days after spending a day in the shallows of a lake. ICD 10 B …   Wikipedia

• Sweet itch — Also known as Queensland Itch, Summer Itch or more technically, Culicoides Hypersensitivity.Sweet Itch is a medical condition in equines caused by an allergic response to the bites of Culicoides midges, commonly known as no see ums . It is most… …   Wikipedia

• Dogger Bank itch — is a cutaneous condition characterized by an eczematous dermatitis caused by exposure to the sea chervil, Alcyonidium diaphanum, a seaweed like animal colony.[1]:431 The disease, common in fishermen who work in the North Sea, has been recognized… …   Wikipedia

• Jellyfish itch — An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish are common between March and August in the waters off of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. There may be no adult… …   Medical dictionary

• Swamp itch — Swamp Swamp, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[ o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• swimmer's itch — noun a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes • Syn: ↑schistosome dermatitis • Topics: ↑homo, ↑man, ↑human being, ↑human, ↑animal, ↑animate being, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• swimmer's itch — Pathol. an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes. [1925 30; so called because the schistosomes enter the skin from untreated water] * * * ▪ dermatology also called  cutaneous… …   Universalium

• Dermatitis — Inflammation of the skin, either due to direct contact with an irritating substance, or to an allergic reaction. Symptoms of dermatitis include redness, itching, and in some cases blistering. There are two types of dermatitis: eczematous (eczema) …   Medical dictionary