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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zygote

Biology; Parasitology

Any cell resulting from the fusion of male and female gametes. The stage in the life cycle produced by fertilization. A fertilized egg.

buccal cavity

Biology; Parasitology

In nematodes, the mouth chamber that joins the mouth opening with the esophagus. This structure used for differentiating juvenile worms of Strongyloides and hookworms.

budding

Biology; Parasitology

Reproduction by which a new individual unlike the parent is produced. The new individual formed may grow and develop to be the same as the parent as occurs in some free-living ...

caecum

Biology; Parasitology

A sac-like extension of the intestine that is open only at one end. Similar to a diverticulum. Seen in organisms with a true intestine, e.g. nematodes and arthropods.

cell membrane

Biology; Parasitology

The superficial, resistant, outer membrane of the cell formed by the ectoplasm, the periplast.

cephalic gland

Biology; Parasitology

In trematodes, the gland in a miracidium that produces a fluid which enables the miracidium to penetrate the tissues of its snail host. A penetration gland.