Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, same as
pedicel . - noun The leading genus of Pediculidæ, having the thorax distinct from and narrower than the abdomen, and the head conical and contracted at the base.
- noun [lowercase; pl. pediculi (-lī).] A louse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See
louse .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
louse (of the family Pediculidae)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans
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Examples
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Pediculosis corporis is dependent upon the presence of the pediculus corporis (_pediculus vestimenti_), a larger variety than that infesting the scalp.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Head lice also known as pediculus humanus in medical language are flat, tiny, wingless insects which often find their way into the scalp as parasites.
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Pediculosis is a term applied to that condition of local or general cutaneous irritation due to the presence of the animal parasite, the pediculus, or louse.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Louse, body (pediculus corporis), 274 clothes (pediculus corporis), 274 crab, 275 head (pediculus capitis), 272
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Three varieties are presented, named according to the parts involved, pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis pubis; the parasite in each being a distinct species of pediculus.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Pediculosis pubis is a condition due to the presence of the pediculus pubis, or crab-louse.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Pediculosis capitis (_pediculosis capillitii_), due to the presence of the pediculus capitis, occurs much more frequently in children than in adults.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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#Is the pediculus pubis found upon any other part of the body?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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I must get a peep through that microscope of his and see the pediculus which occupies
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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-- I know what I consider your pediculus melittae, I said at length.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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