pediculosis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pediculosis
1885–90; < Latin pēdicul ( us ) louse ( see pedicular) + -osis
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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 Ayres, Leonard Porter
There are also recorded instances in French literature in which persons affected with pediculosis, have, during sleep, unconsciously swallowed lice which were afterward found in the stools.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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 Nathan, George Jean
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 Ayres, Leonard Porter
Similar abscesses are met with on the scalp in association with eczema, impetigo, and pediculosis.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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