pediculosis pubis

1. 1.

   infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice

   Synonymscrabs

   Broaderpediculosis

Questions about pediculosis pubis

What does pediculosis pubis mean?

pediculosis pubis means "infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice".

What is another word for pediculosis pubis?

Close synonyms include crabs. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pediculosis pubis a common word?

pediculosis pubis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.