scabies
- n a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- He suffered from Sarcoptes scabiei, the barely visible mite which causes scabiescommonly known as the itch.
- Children attending the school periodically suffer from scabies, a skin disease usually caused by filth.
- General the Viscount Gort's army, reports Author Collier, suffered more from gastric ulcers, scabies and venereal disease than it did from German bullets.