Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A contagious skin disease caused by a parasitic mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) and characterized by intense itching.
- noun A similar disease in animals, especially sheep.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The itch; a contagious disease of the skin. due to a parasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. which forms burrows (cuniculi) in the epidermis and gives rise to more or less severe dermatitis. See cut under
itch-mite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The itch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology An infestation of parasitic
mites , Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The name meaning "in place where gives the scabies" is not encouraging.
Sahauyo 2007
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This is why a unionized workforce is a good thing: Disney World's costumed characters have won the right to wear their own underwear to work, after years of getting crabs and scabies from the Disney-provided articles.
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The scabies might be the stress that pushed your dad over the edge into having a heart attack, and the good thing, Jessie, is that he had the heart attack before it was a massive one—so he could have the surgery and be okay.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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A mysterious disease, known as the scabies, had broken out among the Russian apostles.
South Wind Norman Douglas 1910
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Black and Bartholomew then developed a skin rash known as scabies, which they said was due to their contact with the diseased puppy.
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They are also most prone to several diseases such as scabies and malaria.
Zeinab Khan: Pakistan's Kids Work As Garbage Collectors To Make Ends Meet 2009
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No. Pets become infested with a different kind of scabies mite.
Scabies 2008
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Dermatological and ophthalmic diseases directly due to a lack of hygiene such as scabies, trachoma, conjunctivitis, etc.
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After I had been treated with sulphur for "scabies" a couple of weeks, a hole came in my throat just like the one I had on my foot -- a white hole with a black band round it, and all the flesh for about six inches beyond it
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 William Orpen 1904
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Bruce Bowker, a vet practising in Nova Scotia, says some in the medical camp caution against a human/pet bed because of the possibility of cross-species transmission of infectious diseases HIN1 Influenza, MRSA, and external parasites such as scabies and ringworm and internal parasites like roundworm.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Christy Ann Conlin 2011
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