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Mange

//meɪnd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.). uncountable, usually

    "Not yet come! [the] worrying of wolves, biting of mad dogs, the manges, and the—"

  2. 2
    a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people) wordnet

Etymology

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

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