phthīrĭăsis, is, f., = φθειρίασις,
the lousy disease , phthiriasis , Plin. 26, 13, 86, § 138; 20, 6, 23, § 53; 25, 5, 25, § 61 al.
·noun A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human ...
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