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Undergraduate 3
05/10/2011

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Parasite
Definition
organism that lives on another organism or in at the expense of the host
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Host
Definition
organism that harbors another organism
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Ectoparasite
Definition
parasite that lives on the surface of another organism
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endoparasite
Definition
parasite that lives within the body of another organism
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obligate parasite
Definition
a parasite that mist some or all of its life cycle in or on a host
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facultative parasite
Definition
parasite that can live on a host freely
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permanent parasite
Definition
doesn't normally leave
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Temporary parasite
Definition
parasite that feeds on and then leaves its host
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Hyperparasitism
Definition
phenomenon of a parasite itself having parasites
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vector
Definition
agent of transmission of any disease or parasite
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Biological Vector
Definition
organism that actively transmits pathogens that compete part of their life cycle within the organism
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mechanical vector
Definition
vector in which the parasite does not complete any part of its life cycle during transit
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definitive host
Definition
organism that harbors the adult sexually reproducing form of a parasite
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intermediate host
Definition
an organism that harbors a sexually immature stage of a parasite
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Host specificity
Definition
range of different hosts which a parasite can mature
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Protista
Definition

Unicellular eukaryotic organism that is a member of the kingdom protista

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Dinoflagellate
Definition
alagae or plant like cyst usually with two flagella
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Mastigophora
Definition
have flagella
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apicomplexa
Definition
complex life cycle
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Sarcodine
Definition
amoeboid
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Trophozoite
Definition
vegatative form of a protozoan such as plasmodium
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cyst
Definition
spherical thick walled cell resembling endospore formed by certain bacteria
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