Found 3 items, similar to scabies.
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Definition: scabies
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scabies
scabies
n : a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite;
characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation;
“he has a bad case of the itch” [syn:
itch]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: scabies
Itch
\Itch\, n.
1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
(the
Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is
transmissible by contact.
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2. Any itching eruption.
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3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that
occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies,
psora, etc.
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4. A constant irritating desire.
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An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.
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Baker's itch. See under
Baker.
Barber's itch, sycosis.
Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite (
Tyrogluphus sacchari
).
Itch insect (Zo["o]l.), a small parasitic mite (
Sarcoptes scabei
) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.
Itch mite. (Zo["o]l.) Same as
Itch insect, above. Also,
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox.
Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
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