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pediculosis

pediculosis noun: infestation with head lice.

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

pediculosis meaning in Tamil

pediculosis in Tamil

பேன் பாதிப்பு, பன் பிடிப்பு, பேன் நோய்

Forms of pediculosis

pluralpediculoses

Origin of pediculosis

From Latin pēdiculus (“louse”) + -osis. By surface analysis, pedic(u)le + -osis.

Questions about pediculosis

What does pediculosis mean?
Pediculosis means infestation with head lice.
What is pediculosis in Tamil?
Pediculosis in Tamil is பேன் பாதிப்பு, பன் பிடிப்பு, பேன் நோய். See Pediculosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pediculosis?
Pediculosis is a noun.
What is the plural of pediculosis?
The plural of pediculosis is pediculoses.

Words near pediculosis in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pediculosis (page history and authors); pediculosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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