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Definition of Chiggers

1. chigger [n] - See also: chigger

Medical Definition of Chiggers

1. A skin infestation, common in the southern United States, caused by the larva of the red mite (harvest mite). Features include an itchy red rash to the waist, ankle and skin folds. No specific treatment is necessary as the rash will resolve spontaneously. Antihistamines can be used to control itching. (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiggers

Literary usage of Chiggers

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

1. Therapeutic By-ways: Being a Collection of Therapeutic Measures Not to be by Edward Pollock Anshutz (1916)
"These little insects—chiggers or jiggers—bury themselves under the skin, ... Some skin diseases, like chiggers or rhus poisoning, require an external ..."

2. The Lyon Campaign in Missouri: Being a History of the First Iowa Infantry by Eugene Fitch Ware (1907)
"chiggers.— Wood-ticks.—Treatment for Insects.—Supply Train.—Three Armies.— Wilson Creek.—Shoes and Love Letters.—Plan of Retreat.—Lyon's Speech. ..."

3. Tenting on the Plains: Or General Custer in Kansas and Texas by Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1999)
"... TARANTULAS, CENTIPEDES, chiggers AND SEED-TICKS - CROSSING THE PONTON - “I WENT A-FISHING.” F 0 R exasperating heat, recommend me to a pine forest. ..."

4. Handbook of Medical Entomology by William Albert Riley, Oskar Augustus Johannsen (1915)
"The true chiggers—The ... or true chiggers, are the most completely parasitic of any of the fleas. Of the dozen or more known species, one commonly attacks ..."

5. Tropical Surgery and Diseases of the Far East by John Rich McDill (1918)
"... in chiggers but the insect has not been carefully studied to determine if it be a true carrier of such germs." (Figs. 60 and 61. ..."

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