different between scabies vs mites

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?skei.biz/
• Rhymes: -e?biz

Noun

scabies (uncountable)

1. (pathology) 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.

Related terms

• scab
• scabrous

Translations

See also

• mange

Anagrams

• abscise, ecbasis

Latin

Etymology

From scab? (“scratch, scrape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ska.bi.e?s/, [?s?käbie?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ska.bi.es/, [?sk??bi?s]

Noun

scabi?s f (genitive scabi??); fifth declension

1. roughness, scurf
2. mildew
3. scab, mange, itch
4. (figuratively) itching, longing, pruriency

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Derived terms

• scabidus
• scabiola
• scabi?sus
• scabit?d?

Related terms

• scaber
• scab?
• scobis

Descendants

• Aromanian: zgaibã
• English: scabies
• Italian: scabbia
• Romanian: scabie, zgaib?

References

• scabies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scabies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scabies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?ts

Noun

mites

1. plural of mite

Anagrams

• METIs, MSTie, Metis, Métis, STEMI, Times, e-stim, emits, i-stem, items, metis, métis, setim, smite, stime, times

Catalan

Noun

mites

1. plural of mite

Finnish

Adverb

mites

1. Form of miten + the suffix -s.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/
• Homophones: mite, mitent

Verb

mites

1. second-person singular present indicative of miter
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of miter

Anagrams

• Métis, métis

Latin

Adjective

m?t?s

1. nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of m?tis

Sundanese

Romanization

mites

1. Romanization of ??????

Volapük

Noun

mites

1. dative plural of mit