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Parasitology

The study of parasites.

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Parasitology

sparganum

Biology; Parasitology

The second larval stage (see Plerocercoid) of pseudophyllidian tapeworms that is characterized by its elongated shape and lack of a cystic cavity.

sporocyst

Biology; Parasitology

In trematodes, the first larval stage in the developmental cycle in the snail, intermediate host. A sac-like " structure with a germinal lining that produces secondary larval stages that develop in ...

sporozoite

Biology; Parasitology

The structure (infective unit) that develops within an oocyst that, when freed from the oocyst after ingestion by a suitable host, penetrates the intestinal wall initiating infection; in malaria, the ...

spurious infection

Biology; Parasitology

False infection. An organism or egg found on fecal examination that is from a source outside of the individual and is not related to an infection of the individual being examined; often derived from ...

stage

Biology; Parasitology

Any particular form in the life cycle of a parasite which can be distinguished from all of its other forms.

strobila

Biology; Parasitology

A complete tapeworm consisting of scolex, neck, and immature, mature, and usually gravid proglottids.

strobilization

Biology; Parasitology

Asexual production from the neck of a tapeworm of a series of sexual reproductive units, the Proglottids.

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