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Parasitology
The study of parasites.
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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 necessarily infective in ...
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, the contractile ...
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 man.
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 larva (procercoid) ...
cortex
Biology; Parasitology
An outside layer e.g. cortex of the kidney. In helminths, the outer, mammillated coating of an egg of Ascaris lumbricoides.
costa
Biology; Parasitology
In flagellates, a rib-like body; the chromatoid basal rod supporting the base of an undulating membrane.
