单词 | entozoon |
释义 | entozoonn. Zoology. A parasitic animal that lives within another. Also attributive. In plural Entoˈzoa n. a class of animals taking their name from their mode of existence, though, as regards structure, they belong to various classes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [noun] > vermin > parasite entozoon1831 epizoon1836 guest1864 wog1925 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 114 This singular Entozoon [i.e. Trichina] I discovered in a portion of the muscles of a male subject. 1856 Lancet 12 Jan. Entozoon worms inhabiting the living body. 1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 25 The entozoon was about the size of a garden-pea. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis II. 105 The stagnant rain-pools almost invariably contain the eggs of entozoon animals. Derivatives entoˈzoal adj. (a) of or pertaining to the Entozoa; (b) of disease: caused by the presence of Entozoa. ΚΠ 1864 Reader IV. 669/2 For preventing the ravages of this, as of all other forms of entozoal disease. 1866 Reader No. 159. 36/3 The entozoal portions. entoˈzoic adj. [+ -ic suffix.] = entozoal adj. ΚΠ 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. vii. 324 Crustaceous Entozoa..Entozoic Worms. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 490 Some entozoic influence may be at work. 1879 G. Allen Colour-sense iii. 24 The lower vermiform Articulata are mostly entozoic, and these of course are quite blind. ˌentozooˈlogically adv. with reference to entozoology; from the point of view of an entozoologist. ΚΠ 1865 Reader 4 Feb. 143/2 Still, entozoologically speaking, no harm follows. Categories » ˌentozoˈologist n. one who studies entozoology; one who makes the Entozoa an especial study. Categories » ˌentozoˈology n. that branch of zoology which treats of the Entozoa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1831 |
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