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concentration method

Biology; Parasitology

A procedure for increasing the strength of or numbers in a medium e.g. 10% acid is more concentrated than 5% acid. A method or procedure that increases the intensity or numbers ...

contaminated source

Biology; Parasitology

Something, soil, water, an object, or anything that is in contact with feces and may be the source of an infective agent or organism. An organism may or may not cause disease.

contamination

Biology; Parasitology

The general meaning of this term is clear in that it refers to feces in the context of parasitic disease, however, it should be remembered that a contaminated object is not ...

contractile vacuole

Biology; Parasitology

In Balantidium coli and many free-living protozoa, especially ciliates, a vacuole that is associated with removing liquid wastes from the body of the organism. In living ciliates, ...

coprozoic or coprophagous

Biology; Parasitology

Literally this means living in or found in feces. Often it is applied to a spurious parasite, one that has been ingested and passed through the intestinal tract without infecting ...

coracidium

Biology; Parasitology

In pseudophyllidian tapeworms, the onchosphere enclosed in its ciliated embryophore after hatching from the egg shell. It is free-swimming, and is the precursor of the first stage ...