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- Dictionarypediculosis/pɪˌdɪkjʊˈləʊsɪs/
noun
- 1. infestation with lice.
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Parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease that involves infestation of lice, blood-feeding ectoparasitic insects of the order Phthiraptera
Pediculosis is an infestation of lice from the sub-order Anoplura, family Pediculidae. Accordingly, the infestation with head lice is named pediculosis capitis, while this with body lice, pediculosis corporis. Although pediculosis in humans may properly refer to lice infestation of any part of the body, the term is sometimes used loosely to refer to pediculosis capitis, the infestation of the huma... Wikipedia