MANGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("mange" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

Derivation:

mangey; mangy (having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap)

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