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pediculosis

American  
[puh-dik-yuh-loh-sis] / pəˌdɪk yəˈloʊ sɪs /

noun

Pathology.
  1. the state of being infested with lice.


pediculosis British  
/ pɪˌdɪkjʊˈləʊsɪs, pɪˈdɪkjʊləs /

noun

  1. pathol the state of being infested with lice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of pediculosis

1885–90; < Latin pēdicul ( us ) louse ( see pedicular) + -osis

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Care should be taken not to confound it with 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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

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

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)

Is there any difficulty in the diagnosis of pediculosis capitis?

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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

The possibility of the pediculosis being secondary to eczema must not be forgotten.

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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

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