Taber's Medical Dictionary
Acarus
(ak′ă-rŭs )
[L., mite]
A genus of mites.
Acarus folliculorum
Acarus scabiei
Sarcoptes scabiei.
SEE: Sarcoptes; SEE: scabies; SEE: Sarcoptidae
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Acarus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742571/all/Acarus.
Acarus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742571/all/Acarus. Accessed May 4, 2026.
Acarus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742571/all/Acarus
Acarus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 04]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742571/all/Acarus.
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