Found 1 hit - Term: sarcoptes scabei, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
itch \itch\, n.
1. med. an eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
the sarcoptes scabei, and attended with itching. it is
transmissible by contact.
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2. any itching eruption.
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3. a sensation in the skin occasioned or resembling that
occasioned by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies, psora, etc.
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4. a constant irritating desire.
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an itch of being thought a divine king. --dryden.
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baker's itch. see under baker.
barber's itch, sycosis.
bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite tyrogluphus
sacchari.
itch insect zool., a small parasitic mite sarcoptes
scabei which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. see illust. in
append.
itch mite. zool. same as itch insect, above. also,
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox.
sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
1913 webster
see also:
sarcoptes scabei scabies psora baker's itch baker barber's itch
bricklayer's itch grocer's itch tyrogluphus sacchari itch insect sarcoptes scabei
itch mite sugar baker's itch washerwoman's itch
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