scabies
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.
Origin of scabies
1Other words from scabies
- sca·bi·et·ic [skey-bee-et-ik], /ˌskeɪ biˈɛt ɪk/, adjective
Words Nearby scabies
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How to use scabies in a sentence
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.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 | William OrpenIs the grade of cutaneous irritation the same in all cases of scabies?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonUnder the year following, 1275, he enters it again, using the term scabies.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles Creighton
The men who went to the “scabies” hospital, at Bourmont, of whom there was a considerable number, were the ones who had the rest.
Battery E in France | Frederic R. KilnerThis disease is very contagious, and is much more resistant than the ordinary scabies.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert Riley
British Dictionary definitions for scabies
/ (ˈskeɪbiːz, -bɪˌiːz) /
a contagious skin infection caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, characterized by intense itching, inflammation, and the formation of vesicles and pustules
Origin of scabies
1Derived forms of scabies
- scabietic (ˌskeɪbɪˈɛtɪk), adjective
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