Parasitology

Parasitology

The study of parasites.

Contributors in Parasitology

Parasitology

A class of arthropods (phylum Arthropoda) composed of crustaceans. Any of a group of aquatic animals having hard shells, jointed bodies and appendages, and gills for breathing (e.g. crabs, shrimp, ...

crustacean

Biology; Parasitology

Any of a group of aquatic arthropods having a hard exoskeleton, jointed bodies and appendages, and gills e.g. lobsters, shrimps, crabs, copepods, etc.

cuticle

Biology; Parasitology

The outer skin of vertebrates, the epidermis. In helminths, the outer covering layer secreted from the hypodermis or subcuticular layer.

cyclodevelopmental

Biology; Parasitology

A relationship in which the parasite undergoes cyclic morphologic change, but does not multiply. The term usually relates to the development of a parasite in its intermediate host.

cyclophyllidiea

Biology; Parasitology

An order of tapeworms. Tapeworms having four sucker discs encircling the scolex as in Taenia saginata and sometimes also a rostellum with hooks as in Taenia solium.

cyclopropagative

Biology; Parasitology

A relationship in which the parasite undergoes cyclic, morphologic changes and also multiplies.

cyst

Biology; Parasitology

An organism together with the enveloping membrane or wall secreted by that organism; the stage of a protozoan in which the organism is encased in a "cyst wall " ; an encysted organism; a protected or ...