(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.
(n.) Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.
(v. t.) To clean from lice.
Example Sentences:
(1) The prevalence of head louse Pediculus capitis Deg.
(2) The bushbuck were infested with 8 ixodid tick species, 2 louse species and a louse-fly species.
(3) The louse (Menacanthus stramineus) and the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) were the only parasites recovered.
(4) The common duiker harboured 7 tick species and 2 louse species.
(5) The ultrastructure of the Malpighian tubes in human louse Pediculus humanus corporis has been studied.
(6) In one brief moment a soldier thoughtfully removes a louse from his girl’s army jacket before kissing her.
(7) The louse-fly, Lipoptena paradoxa, was recovered from some of the bushbuck from October to May.
(8) Some of the treated cows were identified as carriers of louse infestation (subgroups A1 and C1), while others were noncarriers (subgroups A2 and C2).
(9) Besides other factors for such a high prevalence, the lack of health education of family members may play a crucial role in transference and louse infestation.
(10) A prospective study of 120 louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) patient admitted to Mekele Regional Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia from September to November 1991 was done.
(11) However, juvenile wild fish, which migrate from the rivers to the sea each spring, are simply not designed to cope with more than the odd louse.
(12) One hundred and sixty patients with louse-borne relapsing fever were treated with a combination therapy of procaine penicillin and tetracycline.
(13) Based on evidence of intercellular cohesion, as seen in the histologic results, the patients were placed into two subtypes, compact growth type and louse structure type.
(14) At the end of the trial the mean red blood cell and mean total blood content of one louse was evaluated at 0.157 microliters and 0.443 microliters respectively, using 51Cr, and 0.120 microliters and 0.350 microliters respectively, using 59Fe.
(15) New host records are given for two species of Acari, one of louse, and one of flea.
(16) This sucking louse is typically parasitic on domestic rats, which are murid rodents.
(17) To evaluate the efficacy and to determine the minimum effective dosage of four pediculicides against head louse infestation, as well as to select a safe, effective, practical, and cheap agent, 1,657 infested school children in 25 primary schools in Szu-Hu, Kou-Hu, and Ku-Keng Districts of Yunlin County were treated and 1,611 of them were examined.
(18) Three 2-(2-phenylethyl) chromone derivatives were isolated from the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of the alcoholic extract of Aquilaria sinensis (Lous.)
(19) Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is an acute febrile illness endemic Ethiopia.
(20) During recent archaeological excavations in Viking Greenland, specimens of the human flea, Pulex irritans L., and the body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus L., were recovered from several farmsteads.
Ouse
Definition:
(n. & v.) See Ooze.
Example Sentences:
(1) "It is almost as dangerous to be an ABT member as it is to encounter one," the Anti-Defamation League study says.
(2) The brains of monke guinea pigs asphyxiated at birth pletely resuscitated, and killed a ous times thereafter revealed no chial hemorrhages.
(3) Otherwise, just a mile or so north, in Newton-on- Ouse, there's the Dawnay Arms , an excellent gastropub.
(4) The path continues along the tree line, following the river Ouse south.
(5) Lane restrictions apply.” High-sided vehicles were also advised to avoid using the Ouse bridge on the M62 in Yorkshire.
(6) Five flood warnings were in place on Sunday for the north-east, with properties at risk from rising water levels in a number of rivers including the Ouse in York.
(7) The Ouse Washes reserve, part of the flood relief system for the Great Ouse river, was hit by flooding after the Environment Agency was forced to open sluices on to the washes to prevent floods elsewhere on the 150-mile river catchment.
(8) In York, the Ouse broke its banks, engulfing buildings in the city centre.
(9) The original working group has now formed itself into the Ouse Valley Energy Services Company Ltd, and with the help of government grants is rolling out subsidised renewable energy technologies across the area.
(10) The Humber Bridge and the M62 over the Ouse Bridge, near Howden, were both closed to high-sided vehicles.
(11) All are areas familiar with flooding, including Keswick campsite in Cumbria, the Ouse in central York and the Derwent at Stamford Bridge – site of the celebrated battle in 1066.
(12) He said the short-term impacts on the river Ouse would be minimal but measures had been put in place to protect the environment.
(13) The importance of this lies not only in the understanding of skilled manipulative activity but also in the avoidance of overuse syndrome (OUS) or repetitive strain injury (RSI).
(14) The RSPB said the agency was trying to find replacement land that could be managed for the birds to nest in, taking pressure off the Ouse Washes, an internationally important "special protected area" for birds.
(15) The estuaries and lower reaches of the Rivers Thames, Great Ouse, Severn and Broadlands are prone to the invasion of up to 20 different invasive Ponto-Caspian species and for this reason are considered potential hot-spots of invasion.
(16) The wine, the food, the excellent transport systems, the clogs ... and the greatest golfers in the world”, great European rivers “like the Rhine ... or the Ouse”, and even quotes a 2 Unlimited lyric.
(17) The occurrence of cervical cancer among 511 inmates of the Detroit H ouse of Correction was investigated.
(18) Environment Agency flood warnings were in force on the river Ouse at Naburn near York and at Keswick on Derwentwater in Cumbria and there were a further 32 alerts to the possibility of flooding in England and Wales, 17 of them in south-west England.
(19) During surgery, three adenomat--ous polyps were found; three Leionas and one Neurnoma.
(20) The source of infections was so-called special public bath-ouse which accounted for about 31.8% of all cases which however, was lower than the 50% in Honshu island.