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Definition of Pediculus
1. Noun. Type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Pediculidae, Pediculidae
Member holonyms: Common Louse, Pediculus Humanus, Head Louse, Pediculus Capitis, Body Louse, Cootie, Pediculus Corporis
Definition of Pediculus
1. n. A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.
Definition of Pediculus
1. Noun. A louse (of the family ''Pediculidae'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pediculus
1. a louse [n PEDICULI] - See also: louse
Medical Definition of Pediculus
1.
Origin: L, a louse.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediculus
Literary usage of Pediculus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"Cypraea pediculus Linnaeus, Krebs, The West Indian Marine Shells, p. 41. ...
Trivia pediculus (Linnaeus), Perry and Schwengel, Marine Shells of the Western ..."
2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1916)
"NOTE: This species is very doubtfully distinct from pediculus capitis. 4—pediculus
corporis De Geer. From man. 1758. pediculus humanus Linnaeus, Syst. ..."
3. Medical Diagnosis: A Manual of Clinical Methods by John James Graham Brown (1883)
"The pediculus corporis, or pediculus vestimenti, as the insect is sometimes ...
The pediculus pubis, or crab-louse is smaller and more rounded than either ..."
4. On Diseases of the Skin, Including the Exanthemata by Ferdinand Hebra, Charles Hilton Fagge, Moriz Kaposi (1880)
"(Ä) CLOTHES' LOUSE, pediculus VESTIMENTI. The Body laute (Zeug oder ... Penis like
that in pediculus capitis, but considerably larger, and the asperities ..."
5. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Blepharitis and conjunctivitis may be due to pediculus capitis. ... The diagnosis
of pediculus capitis is not difficult to make when the hairs and hairy ..."
6. Corporal Si Klegg and His "pard". by Wilbur F. Hinman (1887)
"Every man who marched and scratched will place the pediculus at the head of the
list, and keep him there. He was every where—the soldier's close and ..."
7. Chemical and Microscopical Diagnosis by Francis Carter Wood (1909)
"The antennae are longer than those in the head louse. The eggs are 0.7 to 0.9 mm.
in length and are often deposited on clothes. pediculus pubis ..."
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