scabies
/ˈskeɪ.biz/
scabies noun: 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.
Noun
scabies (uncountable)
- 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.
- Further, just as the discovery of the cause of scabies proved the absurdity of many of the old prescriptions for the prevention and treatment of that disease; so the discovery of the cause of splenic fever, and other such maladies, has given a new direction to prophylactic and curative measures...1889, T. H. Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century
- Synonyms:
- leprosy
scabies meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
scabies in Hindi
- an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- खाज khāj
scabies in Tamil
- an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- சொறி coṟi, சொறிசிரங்கு coṟiciraṅku
scabies in Marathi
- an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- खरुज kharuj
scabies in Urdu
- خارش
More languagesFewer languages
- scabies in Bengali
- চুলকানী, খোস
- scabies in Tagalog
- galis
- scabies in Arabic
- جَرَب jarab
- scabies in Indonesian
- kudis, skabies
- scabies in Persian
- گری gari
- scabies in Thai
- หิด hìt
- scabies in Vietnamese
- ghẻ
Synonyms of scabies
Origin of scabies
From Middle English scabies, scabiez, from Latin scabiēs (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), from scabō (“scratch, scrape”, verb).
Words formed from scabies
Words that rhyme with scabies
Questions about scabies
- What does scabies mean?
- Scabies means 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.
- What is scabies in Hindi?
- Scabies in Hindi is खाज (khāj). See Scabies meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scabies?
- Scabies is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scabies?
- Scabies is pronounced /ˈskeɪ.biz/.
Words near scabies in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scabies (page history and authors); scabies (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scabies (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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