parasitology
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parasitology
[par″ah-si-tol´o-je]the scientific study of parasites and parasitism.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
par·a·si·tol·o·gy
(par'ă-sī-tol'ŏ-jē),The branch of biology and of medicine concerned with all aspects of parasitism.
[parasite + G. logos, study]
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parasitology
(păr′ə-sĭ-tŏl′ə-jē, -sī-)n.
The scientific study of parasitism.
par′a·si′to·log′ic (-sī′tə-lŏj′ĭk), par′a·si′to·log′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
par′a·si·tol′o·gist n.
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par·a·si·tol·o·gy
(par'ă-sī-tol'ŏ-jē)The branch of biology and of medicine concerned with all aspects of parasitism.
[parasite + G. logos, study]
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parasitology
The study of organisms which use other organisms as their living environment. Medical parasitology is concerned mainly with the larger, usually visible, parasites of humans such as the various worms and the external parasites (ectoparasites). Bacteria, viruses and protozoa, although parasites, are so important as to require separate disciplines and are not normally included in medical parasitology.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005