Meanings
- uncountablemedicineAn 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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Further, just as the discovery of the cause of scabies proved the absurdity of many of the old prescriptions for the prevention and treatment of that disease; so the discovery of the cause of splenic fever, and other such maladies, has given a new direction to prophylactic and curative measures against the worst scourges of humanity.
1889, T. H. Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-CenturySynonyms: leprosy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinscabiēs“scurf; scab, mange, itch”
- Middle Englishscabies
- Englishscabies
From Middle English scabies, scabiez, from Latin scabiēs (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), from scabō (“scratch, scrape”, verb).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ψώρᾱ
- ψώρᾱ (psṓrā)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Arabic جَرَب
- جَرَب (jarab)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Bulgarian кра́ста
- кра́ста (krásta)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Catalan ronya, sarna
- ronyaan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- sarnaan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Chinese Mandarin 疥瘡 /疥疮
- 疥瘡 /疥疮 (jièchuāng)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Czech svrab
- svraban infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Danish fnat
- fnatan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Dutch schurft
- schurftan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Esperanto skabio
- skabioan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Finnish syyhy
- syyhyan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
French gale, mal de Sainte-Marie
- galean infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- mal de Sainte-Mariean infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
German Krätze, Skabies
- Krätzean infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- Skabiesan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- Räudean infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Greek ψώρα
- ψώρα (psóra)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Hebrew גרדת
- גרדת (garedet)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Hindi खाज
- खाज (khāj)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Hungarian rüh, rühesség
- rühan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- rühességan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Icelandic maurakláði
- maurakláðian infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Indonesian kudis, skabies
- kudisan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- skabiesan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Italian rogna, scabbia
- rognaan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- scabbiaan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Japanese 疥癬, 皮癬
- 疥癬 (kaisen)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- 皮癬 (hizen)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Korean 옴
- 옴 (om)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Latin scabiēs
- scabiēsan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Māori waihakihaki, hakihaki
- waihakihakian infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- hakihakian infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- hareharean infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Norwegian Bokmål fnatt, skabb
- fnattan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- skabban infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- reveskabban infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Persian گری
- گری (gari)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Polish świerzb
- świerzban infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Portuguese sarna
- sarnaan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Romanian râie, scabie
- râiean infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- scabiean infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Russian чесо́тка, ска́биес
- чесо́тка (česótka)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- ска́биес (skábijes)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- коро́ста (korósta)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Slovak svrab
- svraban infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Spanish sarna
- sarnaan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Swahili upele
- upelean infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Swedish skabb
- skabban infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Tagalog galis
- galisan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Tamil சொறி, சொறிசிரங்கு
- சொறி (coṟi)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
- சொறிசிரங்கு (coṟiciraṅku)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Thai หิด
- หิด (hìt)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Turkish uyuz
- uyuzan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Ukrainian коро́ста
- коро́ста (korósta)an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Vietnamese ghẻ
- ghẻan infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with scabies
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Cite this entry
scabies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scabies
“scabies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scabies. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scabies,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scabies.
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