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Definition of Pubic louse
1. Noun. A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body.
Generic synonyms: Louse, Sucking Louse
Group relationships: Genus Phthirius, Genus Phthirus, Phthirius, Phthirus
Definition of Pubic louse
1. Noun. crab louse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pubic Louse
| puberulent pubescence pubescences pubescency pubescent pubescently pubgoer pubgoers pubiotomies pubkeeper | pubkeepers publands public public-house public-houses |
Literary usage of Pubic louse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin: For the Use of Students and by James Nevins Hyde, Frank Hugh Montgomery (1897)
"The pubic louse is provided on its lateral borders with eight short conical feet,
terminating in ... The pubic louse is much more inactive than the others, ..."
2. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"The pubic louse is smaller than either of the above, measuring from 1 to 2.0 mm.
in ... The pubic louse is provided on its lateral borders with eight short, ..."
3. The Practice of Medicine by Horatio C. Wood, Reginald Heber Fitz (1897)
"lo four millimetres long, while the pubic louse is the smallest, and is about oue
... The pubic louse lays its eggs among the hairs of the symphysis pubis, ..."
4. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by John Vietch Shoemaker (1901)
"M say that the presence of a parasite, the pubic louse, should always be the
assumption until a most careful search has proved its incorrectness ..."
5. Handbook of Medical Entomology by William Albert Riley, Oskar Augustus Johannsen (1915)
"The pubic louse usually infests the hairs of the pubis and the ... The pubic
louse may be exterminated by the measures recommended for the head louse, ..."
6. Handbook of Medical Entomology by William Albert Riley, Oskar Augustus Johannsen (1915)
"The pubic louse usually infests the hairs of the pubis and the perineal region.
... The pubic louse may be exterminated by the measures recommended for the ..."
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