scabies
IPA: skˈæbiz
noun
- (pathology) 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.
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Examples of "scabies" in Sentences
- Antiprotozoal and anti scabies use.
- Lice and scabies were also endemic.
- Scabies cannot affect an unborn fetus.
- The hospital found no evidence of scabies.
- Anne's skin became badly infected by scabies.
- Diseases such as smallpox and scabies spread in the area.
- During their stay in the attic they became infected by scabies.
- The rash is a result of burrowing and waste from the scabies mite.
- Norwegian scabies is the form of scabies that is hardest to treat.
- Oil from the seeds is used for sores, scabies, wounds, and rheumatism.
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