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Parasitology
The study of parasites.
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tapeworm
Biology; Parasitology
Name for the parasitic flatworms forming the class Cestoda. All tapeworms spend the adult phase of their lives as parasites in the gut of a vertebrate animal (called the primary host). Most ...
pupa
Biology; Parasitology
The "dormant" stage in the life-cycle of some insects where the larva changes into the adult (or imago).
imago
Biology; Parasitology
The last stage of development of an insect, after the last ecdysis (molt) of an incomplete metamorphosis, or after emergence from pupation where the metamorphosis is complete. As this is the only ...
intermediate host
Biology; Parasitology
The organism which houses the immature or non-sexually reproducing stage of a parasite. For example, the sheep is the normal intermediate host for the hydatid tapeworm, while humans are the ...
schizogony
Biology; Parasitology
Multiplication in protozoa in which repeated division of the nucleus and daughter nuclei occurs within the cell as the organism grows and finally each nucleus in a single mass of cytoplasm separates ...
scolex
Biology; Parasitology
The attachment end (head with organs of attachment) of a tapeworm from which the neck arises and, in turn, gives rise to the proglottids.
source of infection
Biology; Parasitology
The medium (e.g., soil), object (e.g. eating utensil), or a living entity (e.g. a snail or mammal) containing an infective stage of a parasite.
