vagabond's disease

vagabond's disease
vag·a·bond's disease 'vag-ə-.bändz- n a condition of pigmentation of the skin caused by long continued exposure, uncleanliness, and esp. by scratch marks and other lesions due to the presence of body lice

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discoloration of the skin due to longterm infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus humanus). Called also parasitic melanoderma.

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