[any arthropod of the subclass Acari, except the ticks; minute animals related to the spiders, usually having transparent or semitransparent bodies; may be parasitic on humans and domestic animals, producing various irritations of the skin; many mite species are important to human and veterinary medicine as both parasite and vector; mites also infest plants. ( CSP )]
UMLS (CSP) C0026231 Relation/PAR: Arachnida
Relation/CHD: dust mite