par·a·sit·ic mel·a·no·der·ma

excoriations and melanoderma caused by scratching the bites of the body louse, Pediculus corporis.

Synonym(s): vagabond's disease, vagrant's disease

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par·a·sit·ic mel·a·no·der·ma

(par'ă-sit'ik mel'ă-nō-dĕr'mă)

Excoriations and melanoderma caused by scratching the bites of the body louse, Pediculus corporis.
Synonym(s): vagabond's disease, vagrant's disease.

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Greenhow,

Edward Headlam, English physician, 1814-1888.

Greenhow disease - excoriations and melanoderma caused by scratching the bites of the body louse, Pediculus corporis. Synonym(s): parasitic melanoderma

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