disinfestation

dis·in·fest

D0271900 (dĭs′ĭn-fĕst′)tr.v. dis·in·fest·ed, dis·in·fest·ing, dis·in·fests To rid of vermin.

dis·in′fes·ta′tion (-fĕ-stā′shən) n.

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Noun

disinfestation - the activity of getting rid of vermincleaning, cleansing, cleanup - the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

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Disinfestation

(Russian dezinvaziia, from dez- and Latin invasio, attack), destruction in the external environment of embryonic elements (eggs and larvae of helminths and oocysts of coccidia, for example) of the causative agents of parasitic diseases of humans, animals, and plants. Among the means used to accomplish this are the mechanical (tidying up, cleaning, and washing premises and replowing the land), physical (fire, dry heat, steam, sunlight, and ultraviolet radiation), chemical (wood naphtha, iodine monochloride, carbathione, and caustic soda), and biological. To determine the effectiveness of disinfestation, test samples (scrapings) are taken from various sections of the object, embryonic elements are isolated from them by appropriate methods, and the viability of the elements is determined by culturing in an incubator, by microscopy, or by biological testing.

disinfestation

[dis″in-fes-ta´shun] destruction of insects, rodents, or other animal forms present on the person or his clothes or in his surroundings, and which may transmit disease.

dis·in·fes·ta·tion

(dis'in-fes-tā'shŭn), Physical or chemical process to destroy or remove small undesirable animal forms, particularly arthropods or rodents, present on the body, clothing, or environment of a person or domestic animals.

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The removal or destruction of ectoparasites such as lice.

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noun the activity of getting rid of vermin

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