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parasitology|pærəsaɪˈtɒlədʒɪ| [f. Gr. παράσῑτο-ς parasite + -ology.] That branch of biology, and of medical science, which treats of parasites and parasitism.
1882in Ogilvie (Annandale). 1893Times 15 May 7/1 The well-known Director of the Laboratory of Parasitology in Paris. 1901Daily Chron. 9 Sept. 3/5 A paper on Tropical Parasitology. Hence parasitoˈlogical a., of or pertaining to parasitology; parasitoˈlogically adv.; parasiˈtologist, one who studies or is versed in parasitology.
1890Cent. Dict., *Parasitological. 1921H. G. Ponting Gt. White South 125 On the south side..was Dr. Atkinson's parasitological laboratory. 1962J. D. Smyth Introd. Animal Parasitol. ii. 8 The question of the part played by environmental conditions in controlling the development of the parasite is..one scarcely touched on by modern parasitological research. 1971Nature 16 July 209/2 Both these organisms have been widely used in parasitological research.
1976Nature 15 Apr. 608/2 Our experimental group consisted of 100 male and female white laboratory mice, strain ICR, from 3 weeks to 3 months old, which had been standardised both microbiologically and *parasitologically (specific pathogen-free). 1977Lancet 21 May 1095/1 Stool samples can be negative for Giardia lamblia even in parasitologically confirmed cases of giardiasis.
1862T. S. Cobbold in Intell. Observ. No. 1. 30 It affords the *parasitologist a ready mode of ascertaining to what genus the entozoon belongs. 1901Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2098. 622 Forms..which the parasitologists regard as indicating stages in the life-history of one or other microbic forms. |