scabies
An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused…An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.
» That rash is caused by scabies.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.
Krätze, Skabies, Räude
чесо́ткаčesótka, ска́биесskábijes, коро́стаkorósta
коро́стаkorósta
- a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
Examples
5 sentencesThat rash is caused by scabies.
The scabies mite burrows in skin.
Everyone ran away from me as if I had scabies.
Scabies is caused by a mite.
I remember as a kid, I once got scabies and almost scratched the skin off my back.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English scabies, scabiez, from Latin scabiēs (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), froFrom Middle English scabies, scabiez, from Latin scabiēs (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), from scabō (“scratch, scrape”, verb).
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