Itching vs Scabies - What's the difference?
itching | scabies |
A sensation that itches.
* 1856 , Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology (page 71)
(pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, , 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.
As nouns the difference between itching and scabies
is that itching is a sensation that itches while scabies is an infestation of parasitic mites, species: 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.As a verb itching
is present participle of lang=en.itching
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Itchings , hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body, and render my skin sometimes painfully tender, sometimes quite benumbed, as if it were dead.