mange

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See also: Mange and mangé

English

Etymology

From Middle English manjewe, manjeue, from Old French manjue, derived from mangier (to eat) (modern French manger (to eat)), from Latin manducare.

Pronunciation

Noun

mange (usually uncountable, plural manges)

  1. (veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
    Synonym: (in horses, obsolete) leprosy
    Coordinate term: (in humans) scabies

Usage notes

  • Colloquially used with an article, to have the mange.

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Verb

mange

  1. (Uri, auxiliary) should
  2. (Uri) to be in need of something

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