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pediculoses

pediculoses is the plural of pediculosis.

Meaning of pediculosis

Noun

pediculosis (usually uncountable, plural pediculoses)

  1. (usually) Infestation with head lice.
    • Your only goal in life is pediculosis. That's what we call it when you and a bunch of your buddies settle down on a host.2023, translated in 2025, Berta Páramo and translated by Marc Correa Haro, Lice: How to Survive on Humans, page 100

Questions about pediculoses

What is pediculoses the plural of?
Pediculoses is the plural of pediculosis.

Words near pediculoses in the dictionary

  1. pediculicides
  2. pediculicidity
  3. pediculid
  4. pediculids
  5. pediculophobia
  6. pediculoses
  7. pediculosis
  8. pediculous
  9. pediculus
  10. pedicure
  11. pedicured

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