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Parasitology
The study of parasites.
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vitellaria
Biology; Parasitology
The glands in Platyhelminthes that produce yoke material and (probably) the shell of the egg.
vitelline glands
Biology; Parasitology
The glands in Platyhelminthes that produce yoke material and (probably) the shell of the egg.
vitelline membrane
Biology; Parasitology
The innermost layer in the shell of fertilized eggs of helminths.
volutin granules
Biology; Parasitology
Bodies in the peripheral cytoplasm of Blastocystis that stain darkly.
xenodiagnosis
Biology; Parasitology
A technique of diagnosis in which laboratory-reared (uninfected) arthropod hosts are fed on a suspected patient and subsequently examined in an effort to recover the parasite.
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.
