Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Infestation with lice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The presence of lice; lousiness; phthiriasis.
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- noun medicine
infestation withhead lice
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- noun infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Human head lice, known as pediculosis capitis, are an ancient affliction that affects people around the world, particularly schoolchildren.
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Human head lice, known as pediculosis capitis, are an ancient affliction that affects people around the world, particularly schoolchildren.
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Human head lice, known as pediculosis capitis, are an ancient affliction that affects people around the world, particularly schoolchildren.
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There are diseases of the skin due to local irritants, such as the various forms of trade eczema, scabies (itch), and pediculosis
Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker
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Two other "catching" diseases cause city schools a great deal of trouble, -- trachoma and pediculosis (head lice).
Civics and Health William H. Allen
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[2] Trachoma and other contagious eye diseases, ringworm, impetigo, scabies, favus, and pediculosis; excluded only for persistent nontreatment.
Civics and Health William H. Allen
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In preventing pediculosis and infection of the eye vigilance and cleanliness are indispensable.
Civics and Health William H. Allen
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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.
The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind George Jean Nathan 1920
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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.
Health Work in the Public Schools May Ayres 1912
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In 1913-1914, the force was especially interested in the question of communicable disease and the proportion of conjunctivitis, ring worm, impetigo, scabies, and pediculosis discovered and treated was very large.
Health Work in the Public Schools May Ayres 1912
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