delouse

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ louse.

Verb

delouse (third-person singular simple present delouses, present participle delousing, simple past and past participle deloused)

1. To remove lice from.

   A veterinarian could delouse your dog.

2. To apply insecticides or insect repellents to, in order to be sure that no lice or other parasites are present.

   During the Korean Conflict, American soldiers were deloused with DDT upon entering basic training.

3. (computing, transitive) To remove malicious software, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, or worms, from.

   A deloused computer may still be considered no longer trustworthy.

Derived terms

• delouser

Translations

to remove lice from

• Armenian: քթվել (hy) (kʻtʻvel)
• Aromanian: dispiducljedz
• Bikol Central: hinguto
• Catalan: espollar (ca), esplugar (ca)
• Cebuano: hinguto
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驅除蝨子 / 驱除虱子 (qūchú shīzi)

• Dutch: ontluizen (nl)
• Finnish: poistaa täistä, puhdistaa täistä
• French: épouiller (fr)
• Galician: catar os piollos
• German: entlausen (de)
• Guaraní: ky'o
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: spidocchiare
• Latin: pediculo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avluse

  Nynorsk: avlusa

• Portuguese: despiolhar, espiolhar
• Romanian: despăduchea (ro), păduchea (ro)
• Russian: вычёсывать вшей (vyčósyvatʹ všej)
• Spanish: despiojar (es), espulgar (es)
• Sundanese: mundayan, nyiaran
• Tagalog: hinguthan, hingutuhan
• Walloon: dispûsler (wa), spûyter
• Welsh: dileuo, dihaeddu

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Translations to be checked

• Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ಸೀರು (kn) (sīru), ^{(please verify)} ಈರು (kn) (īru)

See also

• demouse