parasitological
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- adjective
- /ˌpærəˌsaɪtəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
- The researchers published a comprehensive study on the parasitological effects of the new drug on human hosts.
- clinical and parasitological
- parasitological cure
Examples
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Cure assessment in chronic infection is controversial, mainly because of the lack of sensitive or specific tests to document parasitological cure.
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The disappearance of lytic antibodies has been advocated as a suitable indicator of parasitological cure.
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The general assumption, however, is that the earlier the diagnosis is made and the specific treatment initiated, the greater the chance of parasitological cure.
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We assessed short-term patient outcomes using clinical and parasitological criteria.
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Clinical outcomes, parasitological outcomes, fever clearance, parasite clearance, and gametocyte prevalence were compared after 14 days of follow-up.
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The prevalence of STH infections was assessed among schoolchildren in Onicha, south-eastern Nigeria, using standard parasitological techniques.
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Parasitological response was classified as S, RI, RII, or RIII and dichotomized for analysis into sensitive (S) or resistant (RI/RII/RIII) outcomes.
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In many academic journals, parasitological research continues to reveal important insights into disease transmission.
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Her thesis focused on the parasitological interactions between ticks and their mammal hosts.
Synonyms
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About the study of small living things that live on other animals or plants and harm them
Surface Forms
Morphology
parasitological = parasitology (semi-transparent) = parasit + ology + ical
The adjective is regularly formed from the specialized noun 'parasitology' with -ical, so the meaning is predictable once the base word is known.
Etymology
Parasitological comes from parasite, a word that originally meant 'someone who eats at another person's table', and the ending -logical, which means 'about the study of'. So parasitological means 'about the study of parasites', animals or tiny creatures that live on or in another living thing and take their food.