Meanings
plural pediculoses
- uncountableusuallymedicineInfestation with head lice.
Your only goal in life is pediculosis. That's what we call it when you and a bunch of your buddies settle down on a host.
2023, translated in 2025, Berta Páramo and translated by Marc Correa Haro, Lice: How to Survive on Humans, page 100
Synonyms & antonyms
nouninfestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
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Origin
- Latinpēdiculus“louse”
- Englishpediculosis
From Latin pēdiculus (“louse”) + -osis. By surface analysis, pedic(u)le + -osis.
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Estonian täitõbi, pedikuloos
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Finnish täisyys, täitartunta
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French pédiculose
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Italian pediculosi
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Polish wszawica
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Russian педикулёз
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Spanish pediculosis
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Cite this entry
pediculosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pediculosis
“pediculosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pediculosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pediculosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pediculosis.
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