Usually means: Skin infestation by itch mites.
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  1. scabies: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  22. scabies: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.

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  1. scabies: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  6. Scabies: Merck Manuals
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(Note: See scabietic as well.)

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noun:  (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.

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