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scabies

/ˈskeɪbiːz/noun

उच्चारण स्केबीज़

खुजली, खाज, स्केबीज़

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noun
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    [U] medical

    a skin disease caused by very small insects called mites, which makes the skin very itchy

    खुजली, खाज, स्केबीज़

    • Scabies spreads easily in crowded hostels.
    • The doctor prescribed a cream for scabies.
§Grammar and usage

Scabies is an uncountable noun that ends in -s but takes a singular verb, as in scabies is contagious.

Scabies एक uncountable noun है जो -s पर ख़त्म होता है, फिर भी इसके साथ singular verb आता है, जैसे scabies is contagious।