mange

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mange

noun \ˈmānj\

Definition of MANGE

: any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite — compare sarcoptic mange

Origin of MANGE

alteration of Middle English manjewe, from Anglo-French manjue, from manger to eat
First Known Use: 1540

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