PEDICULUS CORPORIS
\pɛdˈɪkjʊləs kˈɔːpɔːɹˌɪs], \pɛdˈɪkjʊləs kˈɔːpɔːɹˌɪs], \p_ɛ_d_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_s k_ˈɔː_p_ɔː_ɹ_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of PEDICULUS CORPORIS
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The clothes or body louse; a variety closely resembling pediculus capitis, but considerably larger. Its habitat is the clothing, while it obtains its food in the same manner as pediculus capitis, upon the skin. The eggs are deposited in seams or folds of the clothing. Its bite produces much irritation and it is a carrier of typhus fever.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.