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sca⋅bies

  [skey-beez, -bee-eez]
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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 scabiēs roughness, the itch, deriv. of scabere to scratch, scrape; c. shave

Related forms:
sca⋅bi⋅et⋅ic  [skey-bee-et-ik] , adjective
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sca·bies   (skā'bēz)   
n.   pl. scabies

  1. A contagious skin disease caused by a parasitic mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) and characterized by intense itching.

  2. 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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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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scabies sca·bies (skā'bēz)
n.

  1. A contagious skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei and characterized by intense itching.

  2. A similar disease in animals.

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scabies

skin inflammation accompanied by severe nighttime itching caused by the itch mite (Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis). The mite passes from person to person by close contact. Scabies is characteristically a disease of wartime, for living standards then drop, washing may be difficult, and people may be crowded together. The disease also afflicts many schoolchildren and residents of nursing homes, with periodic epidemics occurring even among persons with strict habits of hygiene and adequate living conditions

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