n. The sensation caused by a peculiar irritation with pricking, tingling, or tickling in the skin.
n. Hence A morbid, irritating, or tantalizing desire to have or to do something.
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n. an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
Word Usage
"It isn't hurting all that much, but the itching is periodically enthralling in a remarkably unpleasant way, and the clogged Eustachian tube is an uncomfortable pressure."