Definition of Acarian

1. pertaining to mites [adj] - See also: mites

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acarian

acarbose 7-phosphotransferase
acarboses
acardiac
acardiacus
acardiacus acephalus
acardiacus amorphus
acardiacus anceps
acardiotrophia
acardite
acardius
acardius acephalus
acardius amorphus
acardius anceps
acari
acarian (current term)
acariases
acariasis
acaricidal
acaricide
acaricides
acarid
acaridan
acaridans
acaridiasis
acarids
acarina
acarine
acarine dermatosis
acarines

Literary usage of Acarian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of the Diseases of the Skin by Alexander Balmanno Squire (1887)
"To the practised eye the discovery of an acarian furrow is as conclusive a ... In the adult, the acarian furrows are to be sought for in the epidermis of ..."

2. A System of Medicine by John Russell Reynolds (1879)
"To the practised eye the discovery of an acarian furrow is as conclusive a ... In the adult the acarian furrows are to be sought for in the epidermis of the ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"It would almost seem that there exists a special sensibility to the acarus or to the acarian virus. (2) Scabies without itching is rare, ..."

4. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1854)
"... one of the acarian family. I sent some of them to Paris, Lyons, Nimes and Montpelier, for examination by learned entomologists. ..."

5. Canada Medical Journal and Monthly Record of Medical and Surgical Science (1865)
"The symptom referred to is the track, left by the female acarus in its passage through the substance of the epidermis, the acarian furrow, as it has bcen ..."

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