head louse
head louse
Definition
head louse
head louse
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- treat: You can buy lotions to treat head lice over the counter at the chemist.
- catch: You catch head lice by having your head alongside the head of someone else who is infected with head lice.
- prevent: Do not use them to prevent head lice, or ' just in case ' .
- have: My daughter had head lice which kept coming back.
- get: The way to do it is in the sheet " Have you got head lice?
- remove: This will remove any head lice that have newly hatched from their eggs.
Preposition: in
- community: Abstract: Jackie Unstead and Sarah Brill discuss an approach to the management of head lice in the community.
Adjective modifier
- live: Apply a second treatment if not already done, and continue combing to look for live head lice.
- few: Head lice infestations are much easier to manage in the early stages where there are only a few head lice present.
Modifies a noun
- infestation: In a head lice infestation there are, on average, 10 living adult lice.
- infection: Around 50,000 to 60,000 people suffer from a head lice infection each year.
- treatment: Myth: You should use a head louse treatment regularly to prevent lice.
- cannot: Head lice cannot be passed via towels, bedding, clothes, furniture or pets.
- policy: Head lice The new head lice policy will be launched in September.
- jump: Head lice cannot jump or fly, but walk from one head to another.
Noun used with modifier
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