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scabies

noun

1 scabies

A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation.

synonym: itch.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: baardschimmel, baardschurft, scabiës, schurft
Polish: świerzb


Moby thesaurus: Texas fever, acne, acne vulgaris, anthrax, aphthous fever, bighead, black quarter, blackleg, blackwater, blind staggers, bloody flux, broken wind, cattle plague, charbon, dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis, distemper, eczema, elephantiasis ... show more.

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