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What does delousing mean?

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  1. present participle of delouse
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Using this knowledge, ARS and military entomologists came up with a system for mass delousing of civilian populations.
While the commanding officer was away, a guard at Auschwitz used the delousing chemical Zyklon B on some prisoners.
The E. P. A. regulates only one component of pharmaceuticals, lindane, an ingredient in delousing shampoos.
The development of the Zyklon gas chamber was transferred from sanitary practices of delousing.
It seems probable that in the future, synthetic pyrethroids will be of more interest than pyrethrum as possible delousing agents.
Among the substances currently being studied for their potential as delousing agents in salmon are the pyrethroid insecticides.

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