itch

sensation that causes the desire or reflex to scratch
Thing symptom_type Q199602
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itch

Summary

itch is a symptom type[1]. itch draws 407 Wikipedia views per month (symptom_type category, ranking #5 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • itch's instance of is recorded as symptom type[3].
  • itch is a type of symptom[4].
  • itch is a type of somatosensory disorder[5].
  • itch is a type of skin and integumentary tissue symptom[6].
  • itch's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as S02[7].
  • itch's has cause is recorded as Stromectol[8].
  • itch's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pruritic skin conditions[9].
  • itch's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • itch's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • itch's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • itch's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • itch's partially coincident with is recorded as formication[14].
  • itch's immediate cause of is recorded as scratching[15].
  • itch's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C3344[16].
  • itch's different from is recorded as scrapie[17].
  • itch's health specialty is recorded as dermatology[18].
  • itch's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000989[19].
  • itch's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000432[20].

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Definition and Type

itch's instance of is recorded as symptom type[3]. Recorded subclass of include symptom[4], somatosensory disorder[5], and skin and integumentary tissue symptom[6].

Why It Matters

itch draws 407 Wikipedia views per month (symptom_type category, ranking #5 of 11).[2] itch has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] itch is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Symptom Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Symptom Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Immediate cause of scratching
    Health specialty dermatology
    Subclass of
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19508, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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