ANTIPARASITIC | • antiparasitic adj. (Medicine) That counters infection by parasites. • antiparasitic n. (Medicine) A pesticide that counters infection by parasites. • ANTIPARASITIC n. a drug designed to counter parasites. |
ECTOPARASITES | • ectoparasites n. Plural of ectoparasite. • ECTOPARASITE n. a parasite that lives on the surface of animals. |
ECTOPARASITIC | • ectoparasitic adj. Of or pertaining to ectoparasites. • ECTOPARASITIC adj. of or like an ectoparasite. |
ENDOPARASITES | • endoparasites n. Plural of endoparasite. • ENDOPARASITE n. a parasite that lives inside an animal. |
ENDOPARASITIC | • endoparasitic adj. Of or pertaining to endoparasites. • ENDOPARASITIC adj. relating to endoparasites. |
HEMIPARASITES | • hemiparasites n. Plural of hemiparasite. • HEMIPARASITE n. a parasitic plant capable of limited photosynthetic production of sugars etc. |
HEMIPARASITIC | • hemiparasitic adj. Semiparasitic. • HEMIPARASITIC adj. of or like a hemiparasite. |
HOLOPARASITES | • holoparasites n. Plural of holoparasite. |
HOLOPARASITIC | • holoparasitic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a plant sustaining itself entirely through parasitism. |
HYPERPARASITE | • hyperparasite n. (Biology) Any parasite whose host is a parasite. • hyperparasite n. (Entomology, specifically) An insect that parasitizes another parasitic insect. • HYPERPARASITE n. a parasite that is parasitic upon another parasite. |
MICROPARASITE | • microparasite n. An extremely small parasite. • MICROPARASITE n. a very small parasite. |
PARASITAEMIAS | • parasitaemias n. Plural of parasitaemia. • PARASITAEMIA n. the presence of parasites in the blood. |
PARASITICALLY | • parasitically adv. In a parasitic manner. • PARASITICAL adv. of or like a parasite, also PARASITIC. |
PARASITICIDAL | • parasiticidal adj. Killing parasites. • PARASITICIDAL adj. destructive to parasites. |
PARASITICIDES | • parasiticides n. Plural of parasiticide. • PARASITICIDE n. the killing of parasites. |
PARASITOLOGIC | • parasitologic adj. Of or pertaining to parasitology. • PARASITOLOGIC adj. relating to parasitology, also PARASITOLOGICAL. |
SEMIPARASITES | • semiparasites n. Plural of semiparasite. • SEMIPARASITE n. a partial parasite, feeding partly independently. |
SEMIPARASITIC | • semiparasitic adj. (Botany) Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants. • semiparasitic adj. (Biology) Having moderate infectiousness for living tissue. • SEMIPARASITIC adj. of, relating to, or being a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and is capable of photosynthesis. |
UNPARASITISED | • unparasitised adj. Alternative form of unparasitized. • UNPARASITISED adj. not parasitised, also UNPARASITIZED. |
UNPARASITIZED | • unparasitized adj. Not having been parasitized. • UNPARASITIZED adj. not parasitized, also UNPARASITISED. |