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sca·bies

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–noun (used with a singular verb

) Pathology, Veterinary Pathology.

a contagious skin disease occurring esp. 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.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L scabiés roughness, the itch, deriv. of scabere to scratch, scrape; c. shave

]

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n. pl. scabies

A contagious skin disease caused by a parasitic mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) and characterized by intense itching.
A similar disease in animals, especially sheep.

[Middle English, from Latin scabiēs, from scabere, to scratch.]

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scabies

skin disease, c.1400, from L. scabies "mange, itch," from scabere "to scratch," from PIE base *skab- "to scrape, scratch" (cf. Goth. scaban, O.E. sceafan "to scrape, shave;" O.C.S. skobli "scraper;" Lith. skabus "sharp," skabeti "to cut;" Lettish skabrs "splintery, sharp").

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scabies
noun
a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation; "he has a bad case of the itch"

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scabies sca·bies (skā'bēz)
n.

A contagious skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei and characterized by intense itching.
A similar disease in animals.

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Main Entry: sca·bies
Pronunciation: 'skA-bEz
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural scabies
: contagious itch or mange especiallywith exudative crusts that is caused by parasitic mites and especially by a mite of the genus Sarcoptes (S. scabiei)

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Itch\, n. 1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.

2. Any itching eruption.

3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.

4. A constant irritating desire.

An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.

Baker's itch. See under Baker.

Barber's itch, sycosis.

Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with much itching, occurring among bricklayers.

Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of eczema, produced by the sugar mite (Tyrogluphus sacchari).

Itch insect (Zo["o]l.), a small parasitic mite (Sarcoptes scabei) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin, thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in Append.

Itch mite. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also, other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox.

Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin.

Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.

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