MANGE


Meaning of MANGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmānj ]

noun

Etymology: alteration of Middle English manjewe, from Anglo-French manjue, from manger to eat

Date: 1540

: any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite — compare sarcoptic mange

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.