scabbia — meaning in English

English meaning

• mange noun A skin disease in mammals caused by burrowing mites, causing itching and hair loss.
• scab noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.
• scabies noun A contagious skin condition caused by tiny mites burrowing under the skin, causing intense itching.

Senses

scabbia is used for these senses in English:

• mange (veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
• scab Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.
• scabies (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.

scab — full definition

1. noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.
2. noun An insulting term for a worker who continues working, or takes a striking worker's job, during a labour strike.
3. verb To act as a strikebreaker.

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