mange

Etymology

From Middle English manjewe, manjeue, from Old French manjue, derived from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger (“to eat”)), from Latin manducare.

noun

  1. (veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
    Coordinate term: (in humans) scabies
    Not yet come! [the] worrying of wolves, biting of mad dogs, the manges, and the 1621, William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, John Ford, The Witch of Edmonton

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