chigger

• Substantivo que designa a larva de um ácaro da família Trombiculidae, parasita que se alimenta de sangue e causa coceira intensa na pele; também se refere à pulga-do-areia (Tunga penetrans), cuja fêmea fecundada penetra na pele do hospedeiro.

A noun referring to either a small tropical flea whose fertile female burrows under the skin of hosts, or a larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates, causing intense irritation.

1. C1formalmedical

   A small tropical flea, the fertile female of which burrows under the skin of hosts, including humans, causing irritation.

   Bicho-de-pé

   • The traveler returned from the jungle with a chigger infection in her foot.
   • Chiggers are common in sandy, tropical regions.
   • The doctor removed the chigger from under the patient's skin.

   Sinônimoschigoejiggersand flea

2. Larval miteC1formalmedical

   The larval stage of certain mites that feeds on the blood of vertebrates, including humans, causing intense itching and irritation.

   Larva de ácaro

   • After hiking in the tall grass, he was covered in chigger bites.
   • Chiggers are most active during the summer months.
   • Applying insect repellent can help prevent chigger attacks.

   Sinônimosharvest mite