PEDICULOSIS PUBIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pediculosis pubis mean? 

• PEDICULOSIS PUBIS (noun)
  The noun PEDICULOSIS PUBIS has 1 sense:

1. infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice

  Familiarity information: PEDICULOSIS PUBIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDICULOSIS PUBIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

crabs; pediculosis pubis

Hypernyms ("pediculosis pubis" is a kind of...):

lousiness; pediculosis (infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching)