pediculosis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pediculosis
1885–90; < Latin pēdicul ( us ) louse ( see pedicular) + -osis
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Impetigo contagiosa, ringworm, favus, scabies and pediculosis; excluding the exanthemata, erysipelas, syphilis and certain rare and doubtful diseases.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
If the physical examination has for its only result the entering of words upon record cards, then pediculosis and tuberculosis are of precisely equal importance.
From Health Work in the Public Schools by Leonard Porter Ayres
Once, in a Madrid café, the two of us encountered a Spanish marquis who wore celluloid cuffs, suffered from pediculosis and had been drunk for sixteen years.
From The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind by George Jean Nathan
Pustular eruptions upon the scalp, especially posteriorly, should always arouse a suspicion of pediculosis.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Do not report submaxillary enlargement in recurrent tonsilitis or carious teeth or post-cervical enlargement in pediculosis capitis, or in impetigo or eczema of the scalp.
From Health Work in the Public Schools by Leonard Porter Ayres
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