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parasitology

parasitology

6.1
A study of small living things that live on or in other animals and plants and harm them
  • noun
  • /ˌpærəˈsaɪtəˌlədʒi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : parasitología
  • After completing her degree in parasitology, she began working on research projects focused on malaria.
  • Journal of Parasitology

Examples

  • Mr. Platt had described a new species, Baracktrema obamai, and published the finding in The Journal of Parasitology.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The conference featured a presentation on recent advancements in parasitology and disease control.

  • An integration of parasitology and vertebrate biology, however, can give us considerably more information.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Still, even the limited changes that are occurring now could have a big effect in some specialties, such as parasitology, that are important in developing countries.

    Academic text (2002)
  • After studying microbiology, immunology, and parasitology at the University of Miami, Elizondo joined the US Army wanting to serve his country.

  • Despommier spent twenty-seven years with this worm, becoming an elder statesman of parasitology even before he was elder.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Guarani medical specialists were brought together and given three weeks' instruction in parasitology, basic sanitation, nutrition, and infant rehydration.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Dr. Norman is a consultant in tropical medicine and parasitology at the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, Spain.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Dr. López-Vlez directs the Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Unit of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital and is associate professor of medicine at Alcalá University in Madrid, Spain.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Students studying parasitology learn about how parasites affect their hosts and ecosystems.

How Specialized

parasitology
  • Specialized
6.1
tropical medicine
  • Specialized
1 4.4
internal medicine
  • Specialized
10 3.2

Surface Forms

parasitology singular

Morphology

parasitology = parasite (transparent) = parasit + ology

The meaning is directly recoverable from 'parasite' plus the scientific suffix '-ology' meaning 'study of'.

Etymology

Parasitology comes from the Greek parasitos, meaning 'one who eats at another's table', and the ending -logy, meaning 'study', just like in biology. So parasitology is the study of parasites, organisms that live on or in another animal or plant and take food from it.