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Oenology

Oenology,œnology (BrE), or enology (AmE) is the science and study of all aspects of wine and winemaking except vine-growing and grape-harvesting, which is a subfield called viticulture.

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cytopyge

Biology; Parasitology

In Balantidium and some other ciliates, the permanent opening in the ectoplasm through which the residue of digestion of food materials is discharged (anal opening). In other ...

cytostomal flagellum

Biology; Parasitology

In Chilomastix, a flagellum that lies in a grove behind the cytostome (usually within the cytopharynx) and directs solid food particles to the posterior end where food vacuoles ...

cytostome

Biology; Parasitology

In some protozoa, especially flagellates and ciliates, the cavity that opens by way of the peristome (the lips) to allow solid food particles to enter (the mouth). In some ...

dead-end host

Biology; Parasitology

One in which the parasite reaches an end point and is unable to continue its life cycle (see aberrant host).

onchosphere

Biology; Parasitology

The stage that escapes from the egg shell and later from the embryophore of tapeworms. In human tapeworms it is a six-hooked (hexacanth) embryo.

oocyst

Biology; Parasitology

The stage of a coccidian protozoa that is evacuated with the feces. Sporocysts develop within the oocyst and, as the oocyst matures, sporozoites develop within sporocysts (except ...

operculum

Biology; Parasitology

Eggs of some trematode and cestode helminths have a cap-like structure at one end through which the embryo (larva) emerges. Protrusions surrounding the base of the operculum, ...

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