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pthiriasis corporis (medicine) and rhyming slang (oh)


pthiriasis corporis (medicine)


pthiriasis corporis -->
pediculosis corporis


The presence of body lice which live in the seams of clothing. Biting causes pruritus and excoriations.

See: parasitic melanoderma.

Synonym: pediculosis vestimenti, pediculosis vestimentorum, pthiriasis corporis.


rhyming slang (oh)



n [U] BrE
a way of talking, used especially by cockneys (=people from east London) , in which you use words or phrases that rhyme with the words you mean, instead of using the normal words. For example, 'plates of meat' is rhyming slang for 'feet'.