phthirius pubis

1. 1.

   a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

   Synonymscrab lousepubic lousecrab

   Broaderlouse

   Part ofPhthirius

Questions about phthirius pubis

What does phthirius pubis mean?

phthirius pubis means "a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body".

What is another word for phthirius pubis?

Close synonyms include crab louse, pubic louse, crab. 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 phthirius pubis a common word?

phthirius 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.