English

scabies of the hand

Noun

scabies ‎(uncountable)

1. (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.

Related terms

• scab
• scabrous

Translations

See also

• mange

Anagrams

• abscise

Latin

Etymology

From scabō ‎(“scratch, scrape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈska.bi.eːs/

Noun

scabiēs f ‎(genitive scabiēī); fifth declension

1. roughness, scurf
2. mildew
3. scab, mange, itch
4. (figuratively) itching, longing, pruriency

Inflection

Fifth declension.

Derived terms

• scabidus
• scabiola
• scabiōsus
• scabitūdō

Related terms

• scaber
• scabō
• scobis

Descendants

• Aromanian: zgaibã
• English: scabies
• Italian: scabbia
• Romanian: scabie, zgaibă

References

• scabies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scabies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scabies”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.