scabies

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin scabiēs (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), from scabō (“scratch, scrape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskei.biz/
• Rhymes: -eɪbiz

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

Translations

an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei

Arabic: جرب (ar) (járab) m. Catalan: sarna f. Chinese: Mandarin: 疥瘡 (zh), 疥疮 (zh) (jièchuāng), 疥癬 (zh), 疥癣 (zh) (jièxuǎn), 筥筮 (zh) (jǔshì) Czech: svrab (cs) m. Danish: fnat (da) Dutch: schurft (nl) Finnish: syyhy (fi) French: gale (fr) f., mal de Sainte-Marie (fr) m. German: Krätze (de) f. Hebrew: גרדת (he) (garedet) f. Indonesian: kudis Italian: (acaro m. della) scabbia

Japanese: 疥癬 (ja) (かいせん, kaisen), 皮癬 (ja) (ひぜん, hizen) Korean: 옴 (ko) (om) Latin: scabiēs (la) f. Luxembourgish: Krätz Norwegian: reveskabb Polish: świerzb (pl) m. Portuguese: sarna (pt) f. Romanian: scabie (ro), râie (ro) Russian: чесотка (ru) (česótka) f., (rare) скабиес (ru) (skábijes) m. Spanish: sarna (es) f. Swedish: skabb (sv) Vietnamese: bệnh ghẻ (vi)

See also

• mange

Anagrams

• abscise

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Latin

Etymology

From scabō (“scratch, scrape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈska.bi.eːs/

Noun

scabiēs (genitive scabiēī); f, fifth declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	scabiēs	scabiēs
genitive	scabiēī	scabiērum
dative	scabiēī	scabiēbus
accusative	scabiem	scabiēs
ablative	scabiē	scabiēbus
vocative	scabiēs	scabiēs

Derived terms

• scabidus
• scabiola
• scabiōsus
• scabitūdō

Related terms

• scaber
• scabō
• scobis

Descendants

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

References

• scabies in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879