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Definition of Pediculosis corporis
1. Noun. Infestation of body skin with lice.
Medical Definition of Pediculosis corporis
1. The presence of body lice which live in the seams of clothing. Biting causes pruritus and excoriations. See: parasitic melanoderma. Synonym: pediculosis vestimenti, pediculosis vestimentorum, pthiriasis corporis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediculosis Corporis
Literary usage of Pediculosis corporis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Diseases of the Skin for the Use of Advanced Students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1914)
"In the management of pediculosis capitis close cutting of the hair will facilitate
the treatment, but it is not essential. pediculosis corporis Synonyms. ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1911)
"These can be seen upon close examination in most cases of pediculosis corporis,
and are the most characteristic feature of the lesions produced by the pe- ..."
3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"Ordinarily sulphur, salicylic acid, or ammoniated mercury in a strength of 3 per
cent, in petrolatum is all that will be required. pediculosis corporis. ..."
4. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin, for the use of students and by James Nevins Hyde (1883)
"pediculosis corporis (Parasite, the Body Louse). The parasite in this disorder
inhabits exclusively the clothing worn next the body, and is hence properly ..."
5. Diseases of the skin and the eruptive fevers by Jay Frank Schamberg (1921)
"pediculosis corporis This is produced by the pediculus corporis or vestimenti,
a parasite larger than the scalp louse. It resides in the seams of the ..."
6. A Compend of diseases of the skin by Jay Frank Schamberg (1905)
"pediculosis corporis. This is produced by the pediculus corporis or vestimenti,
a parasite larger than the scalp louse. It resides in the seams of the ..."
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