different between scabies vs permethrin

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

Noun

permethrin (countable and uncountable, plural permethrins)

1. A synthetic insecticide, C₂₁H₂₀Cl₂O₃, used to treat head lice, nits, scabies, and in flea collars.