- entozoic parasite
- a parasite that lives in the lumen of the intestine.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
entozoic parasite
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entozoic — adjective living within a living animal usually as a parasite entozoic worms • Syn: ↑entozoan, ↑endozoic • Ant: ↑epizoic • Derivationally related forms: ↑entozoan ( … Useful english dictionary
entozoic — adj. [Gr. entos, within; zoon, animal] Living within another animal; an internal parasite; see endozoic, epizoic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
entozoic — adj. living within the body of its host (of a parasite) … English contemporary dictionary
entozoan — I noun any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) • Syn: ↑endoparasite, ↑entoparasite, ↑entozoon, ↑endozoan • Derivationally related forms: ↑endozoan ( … Useful english dictionary
endozoic — adjective living within a living animal usually as a parasite entozoic worms • Syn: ↑entozoic, ↑entozoan • Ant: ↑epizoic (for: ↑entozoic) • Deriv … Useful english dictionary
epizoic — adjective living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite an epizoic plant parasite • Ant: ↑entozoic … Useful english dictionary
endozoic — en do*zo ic ([e^]n d[ o]*z[=o] [i^]k), adj. Living within a living animal, usually as a parasite; as, endozoic worms. Contrasted with {epizoic}. Syn: entozoic, entozoan. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
entozoon — [en΄tə zō′än΄, en΄tə zō′ən] n. pl. entozoa [en΄tə zō′ə] [ ENTO + Gr zōion, animal: see BIO ] an internal animal parasite, esp. a parasitic worm infesting the intestines, muscles, etc. entozoal [en΄tə zō′əl] adj. entozoic [en΄tə zō′ik] … English World dictionary
