pediculosis
英 [pɪ,dɪkjʊ'ləʊsɪs]
美[pɪ,dɪkjʊ'losɪs]
- n. 生虱子，[皮肤] 虱病
英英释义
- 1. infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
英文词源
- pediculosis (n.)
- "lice infestation," 1809, with -osis + pediculus, diminutive of pedis "a louse," said in some sources to be akin to pedere "to break wind" (see petard) on notion of "foul-smelling insect" [Watkins].