scabies
noun/ˈskeɪbiːz/
/ˈskeɪbiːz/
[uncountable]- a skin disease that causes itching and small red raised spotsWord Originlate Middle English (denoting various skin diseases): from Latin, from scabere ‘to scratch’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.
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