mite (redirected from miter)

mite (mīt) any arthropod of the order Acarina except the ticks; they are minute animals, usually transparent or semitransparent, and may be parasitic on humans and domestic animals, causing various skin irritations.

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chigger mite , harvest mite chigger.

itch mite , mange mite see Notoedres and Sarcoptes.

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mite (mt)

n.

Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina, certain species of which are parasitic on animals and plants, infest stored food products, and in some cases transmit disease.

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Mite

An insect parasite belonging to the order Acarina. The organism that causes scabies is a mite.

Mentioned in: Scabies

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mite

[mīt]

Etymology: AS

a minute arachnid with a flat, almost transparent body and four pairs of legs. Many species of these relatives of ticks and spiders are parasitic, including the chigger and Sarcoptes scabiei, which cause localized pruritus and inflammation. Some female mites burrow into the skin and lay eggs that hatch into larvae. The movements of the larvae cause intense itching. See also chigger, scabies.

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mite [mīt]

any arthropod of the order Acarina except the ticks; they are characterized by minute size, usually transparent or semitransparent body, and other features distinguishing them from the ticks. They may be free living or parasitic on animals or plants, and may produce various irritations of the skin.

chigger mite (harvest mite) chigger.

itch mite (mange mite) Sarcoptes scabiei.

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mite

any arthropod of the order Acarina except the ticks; they are characterized by minute size, usually transparent or semitransparent body, and other features distinguishing them from the ticks. They may be free living or parasitic on animals or plants, and may produce various irritations of the skin. See mange, chigger, harvest mites, psorergatesovis, demodectic, notoedric, otodectic, and many locality names, e.g. cat fur mites, ear mites, nasal mites, and other special titles, e.g. harvest mites, housedust mites.

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chigger mite

see chigger.

mite fever

see scrub typhus.

grain itch mite

see pediculoides ventricosus.