noun Pathology.
- the state of being infested with lice.
noun
- pathol the state of being infested with lice
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]. n.
- The state of being infested with lice.