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Words related to scabies
sca·bies
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acariasis
infestation of the hair follicles and skin with acarids, esp mites -
itch mite
a parasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing itch or scabies in humans and a form of mange in animals. -
psora
psoriasis. -
rotenone
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 2 3 H 2 2 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies. -
scab
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing. -
scabicide
Also, scabicidal. destructive to the organisms causing scabies.