Word Finder - scabs

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An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

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The scabies.

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The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.

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Any of several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by streptomyces bacteria (but formerly believed to be caused by a fungus).

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Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.

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Any one of various more or less destructive fungal diseases that attack cultivated plants, forming dark-colored crustlike spots.

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(founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.

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A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.

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A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker.

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• blackleg
• knobstick
• scalie

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To become covered by a scab or scabs.

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To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.

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To remove part of a surface (from).

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To act as a strikebreaker.

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To beg (for), to cadge or bum.

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I scabbed some money off a friend.

Back to Top My rat has small scabs all over its back.

There are several reasons why rats get scabs, the most obvious being mites which can be picked up from bedding or food.

The coal operators moved in black scabs from further south to break the strike.

Skin problems ie thickening of the skin, scabs in the fur or loss of prickles, will also need veterinary treatment.

The skin becomes inflamed and cracks developing weepy sores and scabs.

She is itchy all over and gets many scabs and has hair loss.

This can be as simple as brushing through the fur several times a week to check for parasites, scabs and similar signs of a problem.

I also have a female chocolate Miniature Pinscher who is two years old and has the same dandruff, but also has tiny lumps that get scabs.

The lumps are still there after the scabs fall off.

The symptoms are small scabs on his trunk, neck, head and legs.

However, I recently found some scabs on him.

I am finding these flaky scabs around his neck and shoulder and on the leg and one on the groin area.

Should I use head and Shoulders shampoo, or will that irritate the scabs?

Children need to be instructed not to pick at scabs, because it slows the healing process and increases the risk of infection.

When there are many of these deep, pitting ulcers, with pus in the center and brownish-black scabs, the condition is called ecthyma.

Named for the Greek word ps?ra meaning itch, psoriasis is a chronic, non-contagious disease characterized by inflamed lesions covered with silvery-white scabs of dead skin.

It is not necessary, however, to wait until all the scabs have fallen off.

The blisters soon begin to form scabs and fall off.

Niacin deficiency results in pellagra, which involves skin rashes and scabs, diarrhea, and mental depression.

The virus is contagious from one or two days before the first rash appears until the blisters have formed complete scabs and no new rash has appeared for 24 hours.

As the burns heal, thick, taut scabs (eschar) form, which the doctor may have to cut to improve blood flow to the more elastic healthy tissue beneath.

They are characterized by a tingling or soreness around the mouth, followed by the appearance of a fluid-filled blister that scabs and eventually heals.

You want to avoid getting scabs or flaky skin.

Resist the urge to pick at any scabs or crust, and absolutely do not scratch your tattoo if it becomes itchy during the healing process.

A little petroleum jelly applied on the inner side of the nose can also soften scabs.