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pediculosis的意思
pediculosis
英 [p,dkj'lss]
美 [p,dkj'loss]
- n. 生虱子，[皮肤] 虱病
英文词源
- pediculosis (n.)
- "lice infestation," 1809, with -osis + pediculus, diminutive of pedis "a louse," said in some sources to be akin to pedere "to break wind" (see petard) on notion of "foul-smelling insect" [Watkins].