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mange

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mange  (mnj)
n.
Any of several chronic skin diseases of mammals caused by parasitic mites and characterized by skin lesions, itching, and loss of hair.
[Middle English manjeue, from Old French manjue, from mangier, to eat; see manger.]
mange
Noun
a skin disease of domestic animals, characterized by itching and loss of hair [Old French mangeue itch]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mangemange - a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)
animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings


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It was almost a sufficient motive, not only to make me take off what would be called by pig- drovers the mange, but the skin itself.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
And they mightn't be feeling good--got a touch of cold, or mange, or are sour-balled.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
The elder brother having thus managed me, his next business was to manage his mother, and he never left till he had brought her to acquiesce and be passive in the thing, even without acquainting the father, other than by post letters; so that she consented to our marrying privately, and leaving her to mange the father afterwards.
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