parasitology
noun
par·a·si·tol·o·gy ˌper-ə-sə-ˈtä-lə-jē 
-ˌsī-,
ˌpa-rə-
: a branch of biology dealing with parasites and parasitism especially among animals
parasitological
ˌper-ə-ˌsi-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl
adjective -ˌsī-
ˌpa-rə-
or less commonly parasitologic
ˌper-ə-ˌsi-tə-ˈlä-jik
-ˌsī-,
ˌpa-rə-
parasitologically
ˌper-ə-ˌsi-tə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē
adverb -ˌsī-
ˌpa-rə-
parasitologist
ˌper-ə-sə-ˈtä-lə-jist
noun -ˌsī-
ˌpa-rə-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Adler Dillman, chief researcher and an associate professor of parasitology at UCR, was initially contacted by a wholesale tarantula breeder in September 2019, who told him that several tarantulas had died with white masses around their mouths. 
Jeevan Ravindran, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022 Their endowment will support a medical school professor who will also hold a joint appointment in another school or unit and will focus on areas such as public health, immunology, parasitology or anthropology, the university said. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 June 2016 Manning ran samples from the patient through a genetic sequencer, a device that reads the letters that make up an organism's genome; the sequencer was a recent addition to her lab at the Cambodian government's parasitology department in Phnom Penh. Amos Zeeberg New York Times, Star Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021 Though the field of deep-sea parasitology is small, its defenders are passionate. Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021 Mackenzie Kwak, professor of parasitology at the National University of Singapore, is a big proponent of the beneficial uses of parasites and the need to protect them. Eric Niiler, Wired, 13 Aug. 2020
Jeevan Ravindran, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022 Their endowment will support a medical school professor who will also hold a joint appointment in another school or unit and will focus on areas such as public health, immunology, parasitology or anthropology, the university said. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 June 2016 Manning ran samples from the patient through a genetic sequencer, a device that reads the letters that make up an organism's genome; the sequencer was a recent addition to her lab at the Cambodian government's parasitology department in Phnom Penh. Amos Zeeberg New York Times, Star Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021 Though the field of deep-sea parasitology is small, its defenders are passionate. Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021 Mackenzie Kwak, professor of parasitology at the National University of Singapore, is a big proponent of the beneficial uses of parasites and the need to protect them. Eric Niiler, Wired, 13 Aug. 2020 Word History
Etymology
Latin parasitus + International Scientific Vocabulary -logy
First Known Use
1870, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
parasitology
noun
par·a·si·tol·o·gy ˌpar-ə-sə-ˈtäl-ə-jē -ˌsīt-ˈäl-
-ˌsīt-ˈäl- plural parasitologies
: a branch of biology dealing with parasites and parasitism especially among animals