Phthirus pubis

Phthirus pubis
the pubic or crab louse, a species that infests the hair of the pubic region and which is sometimes found in other hairy areas of the body, such as the eyebrows, eyelashes, and axillae.

Phthirus pubis adult female grasping hair shaft, with an egg in her body cavity.


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  • Phthirus pubis — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Anoplura Pthirus pubis Clasif …   Wikipedia Español

  • Phthirus pubis — Filzlaus Filzlaus Systematik Klasse: Insekten (Insecta) Ordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Phthirus pubis — (вошь лобковая, площица) вид кровососущих насекомых сем. Pediculidae, отр. Anoplura; эктопаразит человека, обитающий преимущественно на коже лобка, бедер и нижней части живота …   Большой медицинский словарь

  • Phthirus — Género de piojos hematófagos en el que está incluida la especie Phthirus pubis, el piojo del pubis o ladilla. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • Phthirus — noun true lice: crab lice • Syn: ↑Phthirius, ↑genus Phthirius, ↑genus Phthirus • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Phthiriidae, ↑family Phthiriidae …   Useful english dictionary

  • Phthirus — See Pthirus. [L. phthir; G. phtheir, a louse] * * * Phthi·rus thī rəs n syn of PTHIRUS * * * n. a widely distributed genus of lice. The crab (or pubic) louse, P. pubis, is a common parasite of humans that lives permanently attached to the body… …   Medical dictionary

  • Phthirus — n. a widely distributed genus of lice. The crab (or pubic) louse, P. pubis, is a common parasite of humans that lives permanently attached to the body hair, particularly that of the pubic or perianal regions but also on the eyelashes and the… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Pediculosis pubis — Filzlaus Filzlaus Systematik Klasse: Insekten (Insecta) Ordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Phtirus pubis — Filzlaus Filzlaus Systematik Klasse: Insekten (Insecta) Ordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pediculosis pubis — n infestation by crab lice * * * infestation with the pubic louse Phthirus pubis; called also phthiriasis pubis …   Medical dictionary

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