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scabies

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈskeɪ.biz/
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  • rhymes with -eɪbiz
  • rhymes with -eɪbiːz

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leprosy

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he has a bad case of the itch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: itch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: infection

History

Etymology

From Middle English scabies, scabiez, from Latin scabiēs (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), from scabō (“scratch, scrape”, verb).

Across languages

Translations

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: zgjebe — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Arabic: جَرَب (jarab) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Armenian: քոս (kʻos) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Aromanian: arãnji — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Aromanian: arãnje — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Aromanian: rãnji — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Aromanian: rãnje — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Aromanian: zgaibã — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Azerbaijani: qotur — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Azerbaijani: qoturluq — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Belarusian: каро́ста (karósta) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Bulgarian: кра́ста (krásta) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Catalan: ronya — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Catalan: sarna — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Chichewa: mphere — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疥瘡 /疥疮 (jièchuāng) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Czech: svrab — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Danish: fnat — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Dutch: schurft — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Esperanto: skabio — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Finnish: syyhy — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • French: gale — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • French: mal de Sainte-Marie — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Galician: raña — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Galician: gafeira — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Galician: estiza — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Galician: comechume — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Galician: caracha — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Galician: sarna — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • German: Krätze — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • German: Skabies — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • German: Räude — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Greek: ψώρα (psóra) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Ancient Greek: ψώρᾱ (psṓrā) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Hebrew: גרדת (garedet) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Hindi: खाज (khāj) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Hungarian: rüh — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Hungarian: rühesség — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Icelandic: maurakláði — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Ilocano: gaddil — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Indonesian: kudis — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Indonesian: skabies — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Ingrian: karsta — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Italian: rogna — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Italian: scabbia — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Japanese: 疥癬 (kaisen) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Japanese: 皮癬 (hizen) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Kazakh: қотыр (qotyr) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Korean: 옴 (om) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Central Kurdish: گەڕی (gerrî) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Central Kurdish: گەڕۆڵی (gerrollî) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Northern Kurdish: gur — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Ladin: ronia — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Latin: scabiēs — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Luxembourgish: Krätz — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Macedonian: шуга (šuga) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Māori: waihakihaki — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Māori: hakihaki — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Māori: harehare — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Marathi: खरुज (kharuj) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Mongolian: хамуу (xamuu) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠮᠠᠭᠤ (qamaɣu) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Norman: rouongne — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fnatt — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skabb — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reveskabb — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Occitan: ronha — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Old Norse: skabb — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Persian: گری (gari) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Polish: świerzb — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Portuguese: sarna — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Quechua: garaca — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Romanian: râie — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Romanian: scabie — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Russian: чесо́тка (česótka) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Russian: ска́биес (skábijes) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Russian: коро́ста (korósta) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Sardinian: arrúngia — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Sardinian: rúngia — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Sardinian: orrúngia — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Sardinian: runza — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Serbo-Croatian: свра̑б — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Serbo-Croatian: svrȃb — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Slovak: svrab — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Slovene: gárje — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Slovene: rúša — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Southern Altai: кодур (kodur) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Southern Altai: јел курты (ǰel kurtï) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Spanish: sarna — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Swahili: upele — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Swedish: skabb — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Tagalog: galis — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Tamil: சொறி (coṟi) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Tamil: சொறிசிரங்கு (coṟiciraṅku) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Thai: หิด (hìt) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Turkish: uyuz — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Ukrainian: коро́ста (korósta) — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Venetan: rogna — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Venetan: gratoxa — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
  • Vietnamese: ghẻ — an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei