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pediculosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
pedicu-lo-sis
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Infestation with head lice.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pediculoses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pedicular

Synonyms

lousiness

Questions

What does pediculosis mean?
Infestation with head lice.
Where does pediculosis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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