mange

Definitions


[meɪn(d)ʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a skin disease of mammals caused by parasitic mites and occasionally communicable to humans. It is characterized by severe itching, hair loss, and the formation of scabs and lesions
(e.g: foxes that get mange die in three or four months)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French mangeue, from mangier ‘eat’, from Latin manducare ‘to chew’




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