PHTHIRIUS INGUINALIS
\fθˈɪɹɪəs ɪnɡɪnˈɑːliz], \fθˈɪɹɪəs ɪnɡɪnˈɑːliz], \f_θ_ˈɪ_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s ɪ_n_ɡ_ɪ_n_ˈɑː_l_i_z]\
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The crab louse; a variety of louse that inhabits the region of the pubes most commonly, but is also found about the hair of the perineum and of the axillae, about the eyelashes, and in men about the hairy parts of the chest, abdomen, and thighs. It is smaller, broader, and flatter than Pediculus capitis and Pediculus vestimenti, and attaches itself more firmly to the skin. Its eggs ("nits") are attached to the hairs like those of Pediculus capitis. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
