| pthiriasis pubis | Presence of crab lice in the pubis and other hairy areas of the trunk, and in the eyelashes of infants and young children. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pthiriasis | Synonym: pediculosis pubis. Origin: G. Phtheiriasis, fr. Phtheir, a louse (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pthiriasis capitis | The presence of lice on the scalp, seen especially in children, with nits attached to hairs. Synonym: pthiriasis capitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pthiriasis corporis | The presence of body lice which live in the seams of clothing. Biting causes pruritus and excoriations. See: parasitic melanoderma. Synonym: pediculosis vestimenti, pediculosis vestimentorum, pthiriasis corporis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcus pubis | The arch formed by the symphysis, bodies and inferior rami of the pubic bones. See: subpubic angle. Synonym: arcus pubis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of pubis | The flattened medial portion of the pubic bone entering into the pubic symphysis. From it extend the superior and inferior rami. Synonym: corpus ossis pubis, pubic body, body of pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus inferior ossis pubis | ramus inferior ossis pubis |
| ramus superior ossis pubis | A bar of bone, triangular in section, which extends posterosuperiorly from the body of the pubis to form the superior boundary of the obturator foramen; developmentally, it contributes about one-fifth of the articular surface of the acetabulum. Synonym: ramus superior ossis pubis, superior branch of the pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pecten ossis pubis | The continuation on the superior ramus pubis of the linea terminalis, forming a sharp ridge. Synonym: pecten ossis pubis, pectineal line of pubis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pecten pubis | The continuation on the superior ramus pubis of the linea terminalis, forming a sharp ridge. Synonym: pecten ossis pubis, pectineal line of pubis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectineal line of pubis | The continuation on the superior ramus pubis of the linea terminalis, forming a sharp ridge. Synonym: pecten ossis pubis, pectineal line of pubis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pediculosis pubis | Infestation with the pubic or crab louse, Pthirus pubis, especially in pubic hair, causing pruritus and maculae ceruleae. Synonym: pthiriasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mons pubis | The prominence caused by a pad of fatty tissue over the symphysis pubis in the female. Synonym: os pubis, mons veneris, pubes, pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpus ossis pubis | The flattened medial portion of the pubic bone entering into the pubic symphysis. From it extend the superior and inferior rami. Synonym: corpus ossis pubis, pubic body, body of pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubis | <anatomy> The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone. See: Pubes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spina pubis | A small projection at the anterior extremity of the crest of the pubis about 2 cm from the symphysis. Synonym: tuberculum pubicum, pubic spine, spina pubis. (05 Mar 2000) |