heterecious
[het″er-e´shus] requiring different hosts in different stages of development; a characteristic of certain parasites.
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het·er·e·cious
(het'ĕr-ē'shŭs), Having more than one host; said of a parasite passing different stages of its life cycle in different animals.
[heter- + G. oikion, home]
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het·er·e·ci·ous
(het'ĕr-ē'shŭs) Having more than one host; said of a parasite passing different stages of its life cycle in different animals.
[heter- + G. oikion, home]
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