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• louse — [[t]la͟ʊs[/t]] lice N COUNT: usu pl Lice are small insects that live on the bodies of people or animals and bite them in order to drink their blood …   English dictionary

• Head louse — This article is about the animal. For the disease known as head lice, see Pediculosis capitis. Head lice Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Crab louse — This article is about the animal. For the disease known as crab lice, see Pediculosis pubis. Crab louse Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• biting louse — noun wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds • Syn: ↑bird louse, ↑louse • Derivationally related forms: ↑lousy (for: ↑louse) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• body louse — noun a louse which infests the human body and is able to transmit several diseases through its bite, including typhus. [Pediculus humanus humanus.] …   English new terms dictionary

• typhus — typhous, adj. /tuy feuhs/, n. Pathol. an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.… …   Universalium

• Trench fever — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 29814 ICD10 = ICD10|A|79|0|a|75 ICD9 = ICD9|083.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2303 MeshID = D014205 Trench fever is a moderately serious disease… …   Wikipedia

• Typhus — Infobox Disease Name = Typhus Caption = Rash caused by Epidemic typhus. DiseasesDB = 29240 ICD10 = ICD10|A|75|1|a|75 ICD9 = ICD9|080 ICD9|083 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 001363 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2332 MeshID = D014438Typhus is… …   Wikipedia

• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary

• Pediculosis — is an infestation of lice blood feeding ectoparasitic insects of the order Phthiraptera.cite web url = http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/71900.htm word=pediculosis title = Lice (Pediculosis) accessdate = 2008 10 08 year =… …   Wikipedia

• Pediculosis humanus capitis — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Head lice in humans Caption = Pediculus humanus capitis (♀) ICD10 = ICD10|B|85|0|b|85 ICD9 = ICD9|132.0 ICDO = OMIM = DiseasesDB = 9725 MedlinePlus = 000840 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1769 MeshID =… …   Wikipedia