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scabies
(encz) | scabies,svrab n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scabies
(gcide) | Scabies \Sca"bi*es\, n. (Med.)
The itch.
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scabies
(gcide) | 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 (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) 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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scabies
(wn) | scabies
n 1: 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: scabies, itch] |
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Scabies
(gcide) | Scabies \Sca"bi*es\, n. (Med.)
The itch.
[1913 Webster]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 (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) 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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Tiburcinia Scabies
(gcide) | Scab \Scab\ (sk[a^]b), n. [OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS.
scaeb, sceabb, scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies,
fr. scabere to scratch, akin to E. shave. See Shave, and
cf. Shab, Shabby.]
1. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule,
formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased
part.
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2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.]
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3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. --Chaucer.
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4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface,
caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
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5. (Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces
the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a
part of the mold.
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6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] --Shak.
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7. A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than
are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes
the place of a workman on a strike. [Cant]
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8. (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus
diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming
dark-colored crustlike spots.
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streptomyces scabies
(wn) | Streptomyces scabies
n 1: cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky
tissue [syn: potato scab bacteria, {Streptomyces
scabies}] |
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