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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].
