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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strobilization

Biology; Parasitology

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

superinfection

Biology; Parasitology

A new infection of a host superimposed on an existing one by the same species of parasite (see Hyperinfection).

symbiosis

Biology; Parasitology

The association or living together of different species.

syngamy

Biology; Parasitology

Multiplication (reproduction) by a sexual process. There are many gradations of the sexual process among parasitic species (see gametogenesis, malarial parasites; parthenogenesis, ...

taiga

Biology; Parasitology

Northern evergreen forests with mostly conifers and with a variety of animals.

temperate deciduous forest

Biology; Parasitology

Dense canopy of broadleaf trees overlying saplings and shrubs. Great seasonal fluctuations in temperature and rich in fauna. Much of the areas converted to agriculture.