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Definition of: scabies
(skā′bi·ēz, -bēz) noun
The itch; especially, a contagious skin disease of sheep caused by any of certain itch mites, as Psoroptes communis. [<L, roughness, an itch <scabere scratch, scrape. Akin to SHAVE.]
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