entozoan
- noun
- /ˌɛntəˈzoʊən/
- Specialized
:
entozoario
- The veterinarian discovered a dangerous entozoan infecting the dog's intestines.
Examples
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Medical students studied the life cycle of an intestinal entozoan under the microscope.
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Many animals can harbor an entozoan without showing symptoms.
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Certain entozoa can cause severe digestive problems in livestock.
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The entozoan caused severe digestive issues in the host.
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Certain entozoa can cause severe digestive problems in livestock.
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The veterinarian discovered a dangerous entozoan infecting the dog's intestines.
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Medical students studied the life cycle of an intestinal entozoan under the microscope.
Synonyms
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4.2
A living thing that lives on or inside another living thing and takes food from it
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A long flat creature that lives inside the intestines of people or animals
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A very small thin animal that lives in the intestines of children
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A worm that lives inside the body of animals or people and causes illness
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A tiny germ that lives in the intestines and can cause stomach illness in people
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A small living thing that lives inside the body of another animal or person and often harms it
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A small animal that lives inside another animal and takes its food, often causing sickness
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A small worm that lives in the intestines of people, especially children
A small animal that lives inside another animal's body, usually as a worm in the intestines
A parasite that lives inside an animal's body, often in the intestines
A parasite that lives inside an animal's body, often in the intestines
A small thin worm that lives in the human intestine and causes itching around the anus
A small worm that lives in the intestines of animals, including people
Small tapeworms that live in animal intestines and cause disease
A long thin animal that lives inside insects like grasshoppers
A tiny one-celled parasite shaped like a worm that lives inside insect guts
A tiny parasite that infects animal intestines and often causes disease
Tiny one-celled organisms that can live in humans and cause severe diarrhea
A tiny living thing that lives in animals' stomachs or intestines, like chickens and rabbits, and often causes disease
Surface Forms
Morphology
entozoan = animal (opaque) = ento + zoan
The lexical parts are specialized combining forms (ento- and -zoan) that are not productive standalone English morphemes, so learners cannot reliably form the meaning from components.
Etymology
Entozoan comes from the Greek words entos 'within' and zoon 'animal', the same root you see in zoo. So an entozoan is an animal parasite that lives inside another animal, like an intestinal worm.