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nit (n t)n. The egg or young of a parasitic insect, such as a louse. |
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the egg of a parasitic insect, particularly a louse. It may be found attached to human or animal hair or to clothing fiber. See also pediculosis.
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Nit (louse egg) cemented to hair. By permission from Kummel BA, Color Atlas of Small Animal Dermatology, Mosby, 1989
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Medical entomology An empty louse egg shell, deposited by Pediculus capitis, P corporis, Phthirus pubis–'crabs'. See Louse.
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