head louse

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

• adult: How to recognize head lice The adult head louse is a small gray or brown insect, about the size of a match head.
• draft: A draft head lice leaflet has been produced and is currently being reviewed.