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Parasitology
The study of parasites.
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paratenic host
Biology; Parasitology
An atypical (substitute) intermediate host that ingested and habors the stage infective for th Parenchyma The soft, undifferentiated tissue composing the general substance of the body of some ...
parthenogenesis
Biology; Parasitology
Reproduction without any male element; development of eggs of insects of certain species without fertilization by union of gametes of opposite sexes; reproduction without the fertilization by the ...
passive transmission
Biology; Parasitology
A form of transmission in which the host/ parasite contact is-more or less accidental. Ordinarily, the host comes to the parasite, and the intimate contact necessary for infection is provided by the ...
pathogen
Biology; Parasitology
A parasite that injures or deprives its host, i.e. is capable of producing disease.
peripheral chromatin
Biology; Parasitology
That portion of the nuclear chromatin adhering to the inner surface of the nuclear membrane as in Entamoeba histolytica and E. coli.
periplast
Biology; Parasitology
The limiting, outer membrane of protozoan (cell membrane) formed from the ectoplasm.
