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Parasite

Definition

noun, plural: parasites

An organism that obtains nourishment and shelter on another organism.


Supplement

Parasites can cause harm or disease to their host. They are generally much smaller than their hosts. Examples of parasites are tapeworms, flukes, lice, ticks, etc.


Word origin: Latin parasitus from Greek parasitos (person who eats at the table of another).

Compare: parasitoid

See also: parasitism

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Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... gained weight. Tell me how can this be? My thyroid test came back negative, too by the way. I don't know if/where I could get candida test or parasite test. I know my GI doctor won't do it. All I know is the DOCTORS cannot tell me anything. I think it is idiocy to tell someone that it is normal ...

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by MichaelXY
Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:34 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Stomach bloating and weight gain

... gained weight. Tell me how can this be? My thyroid test came back negative, too by the way. I don't know if/where I could get candida test or parasite test. I know my GI doctor won't do it. All I know is the DOCTORS cannot tell me anything. I think it is idiocy to tell someone that it is normal ...

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by carol513
Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:44 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 299
Views: 487558

Re: malaria

Google search would be much more reliable, but of what i know the parasite is unable to attach properly to sicle shaped blood cells.

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by futurezoologist
Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:53 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: malaria
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Views: 468

Which statements about Plasmodium are true?

... haploid forms. 5. Inside an infected mosquito, diploid gametes fuse, forming a diploid zygote that develops into an oocyst. 6. Plasmodium is a parasite. 7.The complete life cycle of Plasmodium requires two hosts. 8. Plasmodium cells do not contain alveoli. 9. Plasmodium cells are transferred ...

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by rosieburk
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:02 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Which statements about Plasmodium are true?
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Views: 455

alternation of generations in mosses/ferns (haploid/diploid)

... mosses, the actual plant that you see is the gamethophyte, whereas the sporophyte is just the thing that looks somewhat like a small flower, is a parasite on the gamethophyte and is basically an urn full of spores. In ferns, the gametophyte is reduced a lump of cells called the prothallus, which ...

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by MrMistery
Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:54 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: alternation of generations in mosses/ferns (haploid/diploid)
Replies: 2
Views: 929
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