Recycling

Recycling

The processing of used materials or waste into new products to prevent the waste of potentially useful waste material, reduce consumption of fresh material, as well as reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution.

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protozoa

Biology; Parasitology

A subgroup of the Kingdom Protista, or the single-celled organisms. The name Protozoa is a carry-over from an old system of classification and is generally used to described those ...

geohelminth

Biology; Parasitology

A worm which spends a certain time during its lifecycle living in the soil.

nymph

Biology; Parasitology

An immature stage of an organism which largely resembles the adult stage, save for some minor differences. For example, cockroach nymphs can be differentiated from the adults by ...

opportunistic pathogen

Biology; Parasitology

An organism which is normally harmless (Commensal), but which may turn nasty if given the opportunity. For example, one of the dangers for people in the last stages of HIV ...

vector

Biology; Parasitology

An organism which transmits a parasitic organism from one host to another. Mechanical Vectors merely carry the organism from one place to another (e.g., flies carrying feces on ...