1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Pediculosis

PEDICULOSIS, or Phthiriasis, the medical term for the pathological symptoms in man due to the presence of lice (pediculi), either on the head (pediculus capitis), body (pediculus corporis, or vestimentorum), or pubes (pediculus pubis).

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