Usually means: Infestation with lice causing disease.
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  1. phthiriasis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. phthiriasis: Collins English Dictionary
  3. phthiriasis: Wordnik
  4. phthiriasis: Wiktionary
  5. phthiriasis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. phthiriasis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. phthiriasis: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. phthiriasis: Dictionary.com
  9. Phthiriasis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Phthiriasis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. phthiriasis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Phthiriasis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. phthiriasis: FreeDictionary.org
  14. phthiriasis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. phthiriasis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. phthiriasis: Medical dictionary
  5. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)

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  1. Phthiriasis, Phthiriasis, Phthiriasis: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (phthiriasis)

▸ noun:  (medicine) An infestation with crab lice.
▸ noun:  A pediculosis.

Similar:
pthiriasis, pediculation, pediculosis, thelaziasis, trichorrhea, tyriasis, trichiniasis, trichuriasis, trichoma, hirudiniasis, more...

Types:
pubic lice, crab lice, more...

Phrases:
phthiriasis pubis, more...

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Similar:
pthiriasis, pediculation, pediculosis, thelaziasis, trichorrhea, tyriasis, trichiniasis, trichuriasis, trichoma, hirudiniasis, more...

Types:
pubic lice, crab lice, more...

Phrases:
phthiriasis pubis, more...



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