ITCHING
\ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ], \ˈɪtʃɪŋ], \ˈɪ_tʃ_ɪ_ŋ]\
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By William R. Warner
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A sensation, more inconvenient than painful, seated especially at the surface of the body, which provokes the patient to scratch the part. It may be either an external or an internal sensation: that is, produced by an external body, or by some modification in the organic actions of the part to which it is referred.
By Robley Dunglison
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