Parasites – Microbiology Questions And Answers – Flashcards
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| Parasite |
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| organism that lives on another organism or in at the expense of the host |
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| Host |
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| organism that harbors another organism |
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| Ectoparasite |
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| parasite that lives on the surface of another organism |
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| endoparasite |
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| parasite that lives within the body of another organism |
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| obligate parasite |
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| a parasite that mist some or all of its life cycle in or on a host |
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| facultative parasite |
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| parasite that can live on a host freely |
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| permanent parasite |
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| doesn't normally leave |
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| Temporary parasite |
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| parasite that feeds on and then leaves its host |
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| Hyperparasitism |
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| phenomenon of a parasite itself having parasites |
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| vector |
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| agent of transmission of any disease or parasite |
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| Biological Vector |
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| organism that actively transmits pathogens that compete part of their life cycle within the organism |
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| mechanical vector |
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| vector in which the parasite does not complete any part of its life cycle during transit |
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| definitive host |
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| organism that harbors the adult sexually reproducing form of a parasite |
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| intermediate host |
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| an organism that harbors a sexually immature stage of a parasite |
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| Host specificity |
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| range of different hosts which a parasite can mature |
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| Protista |
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Unicellular eukaryotic organism that is a member of the kingdom protista |
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| Dinoflagellate |
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| alagae or plant like cyst usually with two flagella |
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| Mastigophora |
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| have flagella |
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| apicomplexa |
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| complex life cycle |
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| Sarcodine |
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| amoeboid |
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| Trophozoite |
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| vegatative form of a protozoan such as plasmodium |
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| cyst |
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| spherical thick walled cell resembling endospore formed by certain bacteria |
