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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mange /meɪndʒ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Veterinary Diseasesa skin disease affecting animals, causing scabs on the skin and loss of hair.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mange  (mānj),USA pronunciation n. [Vet. Pathol.]
  1. Veterinary Diseasesany of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
  • Middle French mangeue an eating, itch, derivative of mangier to eat; see manger
  • late Middle English manjewe 1375–1425

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mange /meɪndʒ/ n
  1. an infectious disorder mainly affecting domestic animals, characterized by itching, formation of papules and vesicles, and loss of hair: caused by parasitic mites
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French mangeue itch, literally: eating, from mangier to eat
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