itch-mite

  • 1Itch mite — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any itching eruption …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Itch mite — may refer to:* Sarcoptes scabiei scabies * Psorergates ovis sheep itch mite * Psorobia bos cattle itch mite * Pyemotes herfsi oak leaf gall mite * Pyemotes tritici straw itch mite * Pyemotes ventricosus grain itch mite …

    Wikipedia

  • 3itch mite — n any of several minute parasitic mites that burrow into the skin of humans and animals and cause itch esp a mite of any of several varieties of a species of the genus Sarcoptes (S. scabiei) that causes the itch, is about 1/60 inch (0.4… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 4itch-mite — itchˈ mite noun A mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) that burrows in the skin causing severe itching leading to scabies • • • Main Entry: ↑itch …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 5itch mite — noun whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals itch mites cause scabies • Syn: ↑sarcoptid • Hypernyms: ↑mite • Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcoptes, ↑genus Sarcoptes * * * …

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  • 6itch mite — a parasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing itch or scabies in humans and a form of mange in animals. [1825 35] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 7itch mite — /ˈɪtʃ maɪt/ (say ich muyt) noun a parasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing itch or scabies in humans and a form of mange in animals …

  • 8itch mite — noun a parasitic mite which burrows under the skin, causing scabies or (in animals) sarcoptic mange. [Sarcoptes scabiei.] …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 9Itch — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any itching eruption.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10Itch insect — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any itching eruption …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English