It is the fear of contracting scabies or postilles, rash and scars that the Sarcoptes scabiei mite leaves on the skin. While the name of the parasite is considered Latin, because in that Scabio language, as, are means "scabies", it is actually taken from the Greek 963; 954; 945; 966; 959; 962; (skaphos "scratch, dig") which here is attached to the suffix -phobia ("fear"). See scabious.
