pediculus

Pediculus /Pe·dic·u·lus/ (pe-dik´u-lus) a genus of lice. P. huma´nus, a species feeding on human blood, is a major vector of typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever; it has two subspecies: P. huma´nus cap´itis (head louse) found on the scalp hair, and P. huma´nus cor´poris (body, or clothes, louse) found on the body.

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pediculus /pe·dic·u·lus/ (pe-dik´u-lus) pl. pedic´uli   [L.]

1. louse.

2. pedicle.

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Pediculus

n.

A genus of parasitic lice of the family Pediculidae that live in the hair and that includes species that infest the human scalp and body.

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pe·dic·u·lus (p-dky-ls)

n. pl. pe·dic·u·li (-l)

A pedicle.