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Scab can refer to the following:
- Scab, a hard coating on the skin formed during the wound healing reconstruction phase
- Derogatory term for a strikebreaker, a person who works despite strike action or against the will of other employees
- Scab union, an organization of workers perceived as having a role in strike breaking
- Scab (Australasian/British slang), a person who obtains things for free, especially from verge collections or giveaways from friends (a practice known as scabbing)[1]
- SCAB, Acronym for the South Coast Air Basin in California, U.S.
[edit] Animal and plant diseases
- Apple scab, an apple tree (genus Malus) fungal disease caused by Venturia inaequalis
- Black scab, a potato fungal disease caused by Synchytrium endobioticum
- Fusarium head blight, a fungal disease of plants, e.g., grain crops (especially wheat and oats), golf course grass, caused by the several species of Fusarium
- Pear scab, a pear fungal disease caused by Venturia pirina or Fusicladium pyrorum
- Poinsettia scab, a spot anthracnose disease caused by Sphaceloma poinsettiae
- Powdery scab, a tubers disease caused by the protozoa Spongospora subterranea
- Sheep scab, a skin disease of sheep caused by the mite Psoroptes ovis
- U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative, a joint government and academic program to develop control measures to minimize the threat of Fusarium head blight (scab)
[edit] Geology
- Scablands are a unique geological erosion feature in the U.S. state of Washington caused by cataclysmic floods .
[edit] Immunology
[edit] See also
- Scabies, a skin disease caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei
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