A disease or infection caused by mites or ticks infesting the skin or body.
From Latin 'acarus' (mite) combined with the medical suffix '-iasis' (condition of), following the pattern of diseases caused by parasites.
Scabies is actually a form of acariasis—tiny mites burrow into your skin and cause intense itching, and it's one of the oldest documented diseases in human history, found even in ancient Egyptian mummies.
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