Meaning & use
delousing
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The process of removing lice from a person, animal, or place.
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The refugees underwent delousing before entering the camp.
Farmers regularly perform delousing on their sheep to prevent infestations.
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Historically associated with wartime and refugee processing centers, where delousing stations were used to help prevent typhus outbreaks.
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