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Definition of Head lice
1. Noun. Infestation of the scalp with lice.
Definition of Head lice
1. Noun. (plural of head louse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Head lice
1. Small parasitic insects that can cause a itching red rash to the skin of the waist, shoulders, armpits, neck and pubic area. Commonly spread from person-to-person via close contact. The eggs (nits) of head lice can be mistaken for dandruff, but they are adherent to the hair shafts. Symptoms include itching, eggs visible on hair shafts and lice on hair, scalp or clothing. Treatment requires the use of a special prescription insecticide (Kwell) shampoo and/or lotion. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Head Lice
Literary usage of Head lice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"head lice in the Child Care Setting head lice are tiny insects that live ...
head lice suck blood, and the rash caused by their feeding activities may be ..."
2. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"head lice—Children Required to Be Free from. (Ord. Sept. 16, 1918.) SECTION 1.
It is hereby made the duty of each parent and other person who has the ..."
3. The Principles of Therapeutics by Oliver Thomas Osborne (1921)
"head lice—PEDICULOSIS This condition, frequent among certain classes of school
children and in those living in dirty tenements, has long been treated with ..."
4. The Diagnostics and Treatment of Tropical Diseases by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1919)
"We now know that in the absence of body or possibly head lice the disease is only
slightly, if at all contagious. At the same time recent experience has ..."
5. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"For head lice ... Blanchard considers camphorated alcohol or warm vinegar containing
1 to rooo of corrosive sublimate as useful for head lice. ..."
6. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"For head lice Pernet recommends: 1. Prevention: hair to be kept close cropped
and clean. 2. For the nits: wipe them off with a solution of i in 30 carbolic ..."
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