Category: P

Having an attraction for parasites, especially certain drugs that act chiefly on parasites in the body.  

A disease or condition resulting from parasitism.  

One who specializes in the science of parasitology.  

To infest or infect with a parasite.  

The state or condition of being infected or infested with parasites. The concept that I shall endeavor to expound upon is the partial or complete reliance on the tissues of another living individual by an organism or virus in order to acquire its nutritional needs.  

A disease resulting from the growth and development of parasitic organisms (plants or animals) in or on the body.  

A parasite, such as a fluke or an itch mite, that lives on its host until maturity or spends its entire life on its host.  

A parasite that lives on the host for short periods of time.  

Recombination without sexual reproduction, as in fungi.  

Inflammation of the tissues around an oviduct or a eustachian tube. Inflammation of the tissues surrounding a Fallopian tube.