mange

mange   (mānj)    n.  Any of several chronic skin diseases of mammals caused by parasitic mites and characterized by skin lesions, itching, and loss of hair. [Middle English manjeue, from Old French manjue, from mangier, to eat; see manger.]

mange 

Main Entry: mange
Pronunciation: 'mAnj
Function: noun
: any of various more or less severe, persistent, and contagious skin diseases that are markedespecially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair and that affect domestic animals or sometimes humans; especially : a skin disease caused by a minute parasitic mite ofSarcoptes, Psoroptes, Chorioptes, or related genera that burrows in or lives on the skin or by one of the genus Demodex that lives in the hair follicles or sebaceous glands —see CHORIOPTIC MANGE, DEMODECTIC MANGE, SARCOPTIC MANGE, SCABIES

mange (mānj)
n.
Any of several chronic skin diseases of mammals caused by parasitic mites and characterized by skin lesions, itching, and loss of hair.

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mang'y (mān'jē) adj.

mange

skin disease of animals caused by mite infestations, characterized by inflammation, itching, thickening of the skin, and hair loss. The most severe form of mange is caused by varieties of the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, which also causes human scabies. Some form of mange is known in all domestic animals, although many varieties of mange mites infest only one species; they are transmitted between animals by direct contact and by objects that have been in contact with infested animals. Most forms of mange are treatable.

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