Definition of "scabies" []

• A contagious skin disease caused by a parasitic mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) and characterized by intense itching. (noun)
• A similar disease in animals, especially sheep. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The name meaning "in place where gives the scabies" is not encouraging."
• "This is why a unionized workforce is a good thing: Disney World's costumed characters have won the right to wear their own underwear to work, after years of getting crabs and scabies from the Disney-provided articles."
• "The scabies might be the stress that pushed your dad over the edge into having a heart attack, and the good thing, Jessie, is that he had the heart attack before it was a massive one—so he could have the surgery and be okay."