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парша́ — meaning in English

parsha

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English meaning

  • scab noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.

Senses

парша́ is used for these senses in English:

  • bejel Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.
  • favus (medicine) A severe, chronic infection of ringworm.
  • impetigo (pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.

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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