pediculosis

English

Etymology

From Latin pēdiculus (“louse”) + -osis.

Noun

pediculosis (usually uncountable, plural pediculoses)

1. (medicine) Infestation with head lice.

Related terms

• pedicular

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: täisyys, täitartunta, pedikuloosi
• French: pédiculose (fr) f
• Italian: pediculosi (it) f
• Polish: wszawica (pl) f
• Russian: педикулёз (ru) m (pedikuljóz)
• Spanish: pediculosis (es) f

Spanish

Noun

pediculosis f (plural pediculosis)

1. pediculosis

Further reading

• “pediculosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10