Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Infestation with or disease caused by mites.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A skin-disease caused by an acarian parasite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
infestation with, ordisease caused bymites orticks .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun infestation with itch mites
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[acar(id) + –iasis.]
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Examples
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A mixed infection -- sarcoptic plus psorotic acariasis -- is sometimes seen.
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Psoroptic acariasis, description and treatment, 480
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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The disease varies, however, according to the species of acarus which infests the skin, so that we must treat of several different kinds of acariasis.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Visceral subcutaneous acariasis attributable hypopi Hypodectes propus bulbuci cattle egret
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