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Pediculosis
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pediculosis'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pediculosis.html. 1910.