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).
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
