Phthirus /Phthir·us/ (thir´us) a genus of lice, including P. pu´bis (the pubic, or crab, louse), which infests the hair of the pubic region, and sometimes the eyebrows and eyelashes.
Phthirus
Phthir·us (th r  s, th rs)n. Pthirus. |
Phthirus
[thī′rəs]
Etymology: Gk, phtheir, louse
a genus of blood-sucking lice that includes the species P. pubis, the pubic louse, or crab louse.
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