Definition of Pediculus humanus

1. Noun. Head or body louse.

Exact synonyms: Common Louse
Generic synonyms: Louse, Sucking Louse
Group relationships: Genus Pediculus, Pediculus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediculus Humanus

Pecquet's duct
Pecquet's reservoir
Pecten irradians
Pecten magellanicus
Pectinibranchia
Pectinidae
Pedaliaceae
Pediamycin
Pediapred
Pediculidae
Pediculoides ventricosus
Pediculus capitis
Pediculus corporis
Pediculus humanus
Pedilanthus
Pedilanthus bracteatus
Pedilanthus pavonis
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Pediocactus
Pediocactus knowltonii
Pedioecetes
Pedioecetes phasianellus
Pedionomus
Pedionomus torquatus
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Pee Dee
Pee Dee River
Peelite

Literary usage of Pediculus humanus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"The Human Body Louse (pediculus humanus L.).—This pest (Fig. 157), which during the European war also received the common name "cootie," is now generally ..."

2. Hygiene of Communicable Diseases: A Handbook for Sanitarians, Medical by Francis Merton Munson, John Harington, Francis Randolph Packard, Fielding Hudson Garrison (1920)
"(2) pediculus humanus, capitis, which lives in the hair of the scalp. It is seen much more frequently in children than in adults, and in the poor and badly ..."

3. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"390)- """?<"»"• N°te nuf claw ~>d thumb The digestive tract, as in Fio. 173. Front leg of body louse, pediculus humanus. Note huge claw and thumb-like ..."

4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"(1d—83) (1d—83) The Infection of Lice (pediculus humanus) with ... Female specimens of pediculus humanus were given an infecting meal of place-let material ..."

5. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"... and so Nuttall united them under the title pediculus humanus, designating the head louse as capitis and the clothes louse as' corporis. ..."

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