A disease caused by a minute insect, the acarus scabiei, which bores into and underneath the epidermic layer of the skin.

Scabies

A disease caused by a minute insect, the acarus scabiei, which bores into and underneath the epidermic…

"The burrow of the itch insect that causes scabies." — Richardson, 1906

Scabies

"The burrow of the itch insect that causes scabies." — Richardson, 1906