pruritus

English Thesaurus

1. an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.) (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	itch, itchiness, itching,
definition	:	an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	pruritus ani,
definition	:	chronic itching of the skin around the anus (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	pruritus vulvae,
definition	:	persistent itching of the external female genitalia (noun.cognition)