Medical Dictionary

chorioptic mange

noun

Medical Definition of CHORIOPTIC MANGE

:  mange caused by mites of the genus Chorioptes that usually attack only the surface of the skin especially about the feet and lower legs or in cattle at the base of the tail—compare demodectic mange, sarcoptic mange

Browse

How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts.
Test your vocab with our fun, fast game
Ailurophobia, and 9 other unusual fears