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| crab1 |
(pl.) infestation with crab lice. [1/8 definitions] |
| delouse |
to kill or remove lice on or from (a person, animal, or thing). |
| louse |
to remove lice from the body or hair of; delouse. [1/3 definitions] |
| lousy |
having many lice, as on the body. [1/4 definitions] |
| nitty |
full of lice or lice eggs. |
| pediculosis |
the condition of being infested with lice. |
| phthiriasis |
the condition of being infested with crab lice; pediculosis. |
| rickettsia |
any of various parasitic microorganisms that are carried by lice, fleas, or ticks to animals and humans and cause typhus and other diseases. |
| trench fever |
an infectious type of rickets characterized by muscle pains and recurrent fever, and transmitted by body lice. |
| typhus |
a serious infectious disease that is transmitted by fleas, mites, and lice and is marked by high fever, headache, delirium, and a red rash. |
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