| acaridiasis | Any disease caused by mites, usually a skin infestation. See: mange. Synonym: acaridiasis, acarinosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| acarina | <zoology> The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. Origin: NL, from Gr. A mite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acarine | <medicine> Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acarine dermatosis | An eruption caused by one of the acarine parasites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acarinosis | Any disease caused by mites, usually a skin infestation. See: mange. Synonym: acaridiasis, acarinosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acarodermatitis | A skin inflammation or eruption produced by a mite. Origin: G. Akari, mite, + derma (dermat-), skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| acarodermatitis urticarioides | Infestation with the grain itch mite, Pyemotes ventricosus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acaroid | <zoology> Shaped like or resembling a mite. Origin: NL, acarus a mite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acarology | The study of acarine parasites, the ticks and mites, and the diseases they transmit. Origin: G. Akari, mite, + logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| acarophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of small parasites, small particles, or of itching. Origin: G. Akari, mite, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| acarpellous | <botany> Having no carpels. Origin: Pref. A- not + carpel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acarpous | <botany> Not producing fruit; unfruitful. Origin: Gr.; priv. + fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acarus | Origin: NL, from Gr. The cheese mite, tick. <zoology> A genus including many species of small mites. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Acarus balatus | A tropical species of mite that causes a particularly severe type of scabies-like irritation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Acarus folliculorum | A very common, universally distributed, and usually nonpathogenic species of mite that inhabits the hair follicles and sebaceous glands of humans, commonly around the nose and scalp margins. Synonym: Acarus folliculorum, Simonea folliculorum. (05 Mar 2000) |