🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

pediculare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pedikulare

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pedicular/pəˈdɪk.jə.lɚ/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il medico ha riscontrato un problema pediculare."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to lice; infested with or produced by lice.

    "The physician diagnosed the chronic scalp irritation as a pedicular infection."
  2. 2

    Relating to a pedicle, especially in anatomical or botanical contexts.

    "The surgical procedure required delicate maneuvering around the pedicular region of the vertebra."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'pedicularis', stemming from 'pediculus' meaning 'louse', which is a diminutive of 'ped-', the root for 'louse'. Entering the English language in the 17th century, it was primarily utilized in medical and biological contexts to describe conditions relating to lice or resembling them.

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