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scabies

[ skey-beez, -bee-eez ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin. Compare itch ( def 10 ), mange.


scabies

/ ˌskeɪbɪˈɛtɪk; ˈskeɪbiːz; -bɪˌiːz /

noun

  1. a contagious skin infection caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, characterized by intense itching, inflammation, and the formation of vesicles and pustules


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Derived Forms

  • scabietic, adjective

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Other Words From

  • sca·bi·et·ic [skey-bee-, et, -ik], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scabies1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin scabiēs “roughness, itch,” from scabere “to scratch, scrape”; shave

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scabies1

C15: from Latin: scurf, from scabere to scratch; see shave

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Example Sentences

For nationalists who hate gay people, perhaps the parallel should be “When Russia scratches, the world gets scabies.”

I tried to sneak in a quick scratch every time Bachardy looked down, but I must have looked like a crazy person with scabies.

I happened to have blood-poisoning, not scabies, and I have it still.

Is the grade of cutaneous irritation the same in all cases of scabies?

Under the year following, 1275, he enters it again, using the term scabies.

The men who went to the “scabies” hospital, at Bourmont, of whom there was a considerable number, were the ones who had the rest.

This disease is very contagious, and is much more resistant than the ordinary scabies.

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