nits in English

noun
1
the egg or young form of a louse or other parasitic insect, especially the egg of a head louse attached to a human hair.
Lice lay nits on hair shafts close to the skin's surface, where the temperature is perfect for keeping warm until they hatch.

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1. You can't mistake nits for dandruff.

2. Averaging 392 nits, the Aero 15 outshone the average premium laptop (347 nits), the …

3. His nanny had a cure for nits.

4. Anoplura or siphunculata, sucking lice (nits, crabs, body louse), their natural history, taxonomy, physiology, and body pattern

5. A litany of nits, ringworm, fleas and unmentionables ... But as the weeks and months passed, everything changed.

6. The NPA offers a comprehensive approach to managing pediculosis in children based on early detection and thorough removal of lice and nits through Combing

7. Combing requires the use of a quality lice and nit removal comb which in turn empowers parents to send their children to school free of lice and nits.

8. I picked some minor nits with the production on Unholy Nordic Noise, and while the production hasn’t changed much on The Atonality of Flesh, the mix seems more cohesive this time around

9. In addition, the medical textbook Clinical Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy suggests: “The cement holding nits to the hair shaft may be dissolved with vinegar compresses applied to the hair for 15 minutes.”