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scabies: Meaning and Definition of

sca•bies

Pronunciation: (skā'bēz, -bē-ēz"), [key]
— n. (used with a sing. v.) Pathol., Vet. Pathol.
  1. a contagious skin disease occurring esp. in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin. Cf.(def. 10),
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
scabicide scabious
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