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Parasitology
The study of parasites.
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sparganum
Biology; Parasitology
The second larval stage (see Plerocercoid) of pseudophyllidian tapeworms that is characterized by its elongated shape and lack of a cystic cavity.
sporocyst
Biology; Parasitology
In trematodes, the first larval stage in the developmental cycle in the snail, intermediate host. A sac-like " structure with a germinal lining that produces secondary larval stages that develop in ...
sporozoite
Biology; Parasitology
The structure (infective unit) that develops within an oocyst that, when freed from the oocyst after ingestion by a suitable host, penetrates the intestinal wall initiating infection; in malaria, the ...
spurious infection
Biology; Parasitology
False infection. An organism or egg found on fecal examination that is from a source outside of the individual and is not related to an infection of the individual being examined; often derived from ...
stage
Biology; Parasitology
Any particular form in the life cycle of a parasite which can be distinguished from all of its other forms.
strobila
Biology; Parasitology
A complete tapeworm consisting of scolex, neck, and immature, mature, and usually gravid proglottids.
strobilization
Biology; Parasitology
Asexual production from the neck of a tapeworm of a series of sexual reproductive units, the Proglottids.
