Associations to the word «Pediculosis»

Wiktionary

PEDICULOSIS, noun. (medicine) infestation with head lice

Dictionary definition

PEDICULOSIS, noun. Infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats