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Definition of Pediculosis
1. Noun. Infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching.
Generic synonyms: Infestation
Specialized synonyms: Head Lice, Pediculosis Capitis, Pediculosis Corporis, Crabs, Pediculosis Pubis
Derivative terms: Lousy
Definition of Pediculosis
1. Noun. (medicine) infestation with head lice ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pediculosis
1. [n -LOSES]
Medical Definition of Pediculosis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediculosis
Literary usage of Pediculosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"In marked examples] of pediculosis, owing to the constant irritation and itching
... While the symptoms of pediculosis are to a great extent the same in the ..."
2. A Compend of diseases of the skin by Jay Frank Schamberg (1905)
"pediculosis is a contagious animal parasitic disease, characterized by the presence
of ... pediculosis pubis. pediculosis CAPITIS. pediculosis capitis or ..."
3. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"pediculosis.—Robinson, Manual of Dermatology. New York, 1884, p. i>24. ...
Payne, Brit. Jour. Dermal., 1830, p. 209. pediculosis CAPITIS. Synonyms. ..."
4. Diseases of the skin and the eruptive fevers by Jay Frank Schamberg (1921)
"pediculosis is a contagious animal parasitic disease, characterized by the ...
(3) pediculosis pubis. Although these parasites belong to the same family, ..."
5. Essentials of diseases of the skin by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1899)
"Is a dermatitis due to too active and prolonged treatment ever mistaken for
persistence of the scabies? Yes. pediculosis. ..."
6. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1911)
"pediculosis PUBIS SYNONYM: Crabs. Symptomatology. ... Etiology —pediculosis pubis
is seen in all classes, and usually in adults. ..."
7. Diseases of the skin: Inluding the Acute Eruptive Fevers by Frank Crozer Knowles (1914)
"pediculosis. pediculosis, or lousiness, is the term applied to invasion of the
... There are three varieties of pediculosis The first, pediculus capitis, ..."
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