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Capitibranchiata
Tubicolae Tu*bic"o*l[ae], n. pl. [L. tubus a tube + colere to inhabit.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.
Capitibranchiata
Capitibranchiata Cap`i*ti*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. [NL., from L. caput, capitis, head + -branchiae gills.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.
Pediculus capitis
Louse Louse (lous), n.; pl. Lice (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS. l[=u]s, pl. l[=y]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG. l[=u]s, Icel. l[=u]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc. 2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga. 3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid. 4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira. Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse. Louse fly (Zo["o]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse. Louse mite (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like lice. They belong to Myobia, Dermaleichus, Mycoptes, and several other genera.

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- corneum cells. Bacteria are also suspected to be a cause. Staphylococcus capitis was found to be 100 times more abundant on scalps affected by dandruff...
- Staphylococcus capitis is a coagulase-negative species (CoNS) of Staphylococcus. It is part of the normal flora of the skin of the human scalp, face,...
- Tinea capitis (also known as "herpes tonsurans", "ringworm of the hair", "ringworm of the scalp", "scalp ringworm", and "tinea tonsurans") is a cutaneous...
- Capitis deminutio or capitis diminutio (diminished capacity) is a term used in Roman law, referring to the extinguishing, either in whole or in part, of...
- The splenius capitis (/ˈspliːniəs ˈkæpɪtɪs/) (from Gr**** splēníon 'bandage' and Latin caput 'head') is a broad, straplike muscle in the back of the neck...
- The head louse (Pediculus hum**** capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the...
- divided into three parts: Spinalis dorsi, spinalis cervicis, and spinalis capitis. Spinalis dorsi, the medial continuation of the sacrospinalis, is scarcely...
- The Tributum capitis was a poll tax in ancient Rome. The ancient Romans imposed a tributum capitis (poll tax) as one of the prin****l direct taxes on...
- cartilage in the fresh state, except over an ovoid depression, the fovea capitis, which is situated a little below and behind the center of the femoral...
- when it was distinguished from the "throat voice" (pectoris, guttoris, capitis—at this time it is likely that head voice referred to the falsetto register)...