| pediculophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of infestation with lice. Synonym: phthiriophobia. Origin: L. Pediculus, louse, + G. Phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pediculosis | <dermatology> Infestation with lice of the family Pediculidae, especially infestation with Pediculus humanus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pediculosis capitis | The presence of lice on the scalp, seen especially in children, with nits attached to hairs. Synonym: pthiriasis capitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pediculosis 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) |
| pediculosis palpebrarum | The presence of lice in the eyelashes. (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) |
| pediculosis vestimentorum | 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) |
| pediculous | Infested with lice. Synonym: lousy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pediculous blepharitis | Marginal blepharitis due to the presence of lice. Synonym: blepharitis phthiriatica, pediculous blepharitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pediculus | Origin: L, a louse. <zoology> A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pediculus arcus vertebrae | The constricted portion of the arch on either side extending from the body to the lamina; bound intervertebral foramina superiorly and inferiorly. Synonym: pediculus arcus vertebrae, radix arcus vertebrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pedicure | Care and treatment of the feet. Origin: L. Pes (ped-), foot, + cura, treatment (05 Mar 2000) |
| pedigerous | <zoology> Bearing or having feet or legs. Origin: Pedi-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pedigree | 1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors. "Alterations of surnames . . . Have obscured the truth of our pedigrees." (Camden) "His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree." (Milton) "I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees." (Sir P. Sidney) "The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes." (Atterbury) 2. A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse. Origin: Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. Par degres by degrees, for a pedigree is properly a genealogical table which records the relationship of families by degrees; or, perh, fr. F. Pied de grue crane's foot, from the shape of the heraldic genealogical trees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pedigree analysis | The formal study of the pattern of a trait in a pedigree to determine such properties as its mode of inheritance, age of onset, and variability in phenotype. (05 Mar 2000) |