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intermediate host
An organism that harbors a sexually immature stage of a parasite
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karyogamy
precess by which a nuclei fuse to produce a diploid cell
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mastigophoran
A flagellate protozoan such as Giardia
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mechanical vector
A vector in which the parasite does not complete any part of its life cycle
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merozoite
a malaria trophozoite found in infected red blood or liver cells
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metaceraria
The postcerarial encysted stage in the development of a fluke, proir to transfer to the final host.
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Microfilaria
An immature microscopic roundrworm larva
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Miracidium
ciliated, free-swimming first-stage fluke larva that emerges from an egg
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mycelium (mycelia)
In fungi, a mass of long, threadlike structures (hyphae) that branch and intertwine
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mycology
the study of fungi
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mycosis (mycoses)
A disease caused by a fungus
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obligate parasite
A parasite that must spend some or all of its life cycle in or on a host.
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parasite
an organism that lives in or on, and at the expense of, another organism, the host
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parasitology
The study of parasites
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pathogen
any organism capable of causing disease in its host.
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pellicle
an outercovering membrane
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permanent parasite
A parasite that remains in or on a host once it has invaded the host.
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plasmodial slime mold
fungilike protist consisting of a multinucleate amoeboid mass, or plasmodium, that moves about slowly and phagocytizes dead matter.
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plasmogamy
Sexual reproduction in fungi in which haploid gametes unite and their cytoplasm mingles.
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proglottid
one of the segments of a tapeworm, containing the reproductive organs.
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protist
a unicellular eukaryotic organism that is a member of the kingdom Protista
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protozoan (protozoa)
Single-celled, microscopic, animal-like protists in the kingdom Protista
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Pseudocoelom
A primitive body cavity, typical of nematodes, that lacks the complete lining found in higher animals
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Pseudoplasmodium
a multicellular mass composed of individual cellular slime mold cells that have aggregated.
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redia
the development stage of the fluke immediately following the sporocyst stage
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reservoir host
an infected organism that makes parasites available for transmission to other hosts.
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roundworm
A worm with a long, cylindrical, unsegmented body and a heavy cuticle
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sac fungus
A member of a diverse group of fungi htat produces saclike asci during sexual reproduction
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saprophyte
An organism that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter.
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scolex
head end of a tapeworm, with suckers and sometimes hooks that attach to the intestinal wall
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septum (septa)
A cross-wall separating two fungal cells
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slime mold
A funguslike protist
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sporocyst
laval form of a fluke that develops in the body of its snail or mollusk host
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sporozoite
a malaria trophozoite present in the salivary glands of infected mosquitoes.
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tapeworm
flatworm that lives in the adult stage as a parasite in the small intestine of animals
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teleomorphic
sexual part of the life cycle of a fungus
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temporary parasite
A parasite that feeds on and then leaves its host (such as a biting insect)
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test
a shell made of calcium carbonate and common to some protists
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Thallus
the body of a fungus
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trichocyst
tentaclelike structure on ciliates for catching prey (for attachment)
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trophozoite
vegetative form of a protozoan such as Plasmodium
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vector
an organism that transmits a disease-casuing organism from one host to another
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watermold
oomycota
a funguslike protist that produces flagellated asexual spores (zoospores) and large, motile gametes
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zygospore
in bread mold, a thick-walled, resistant, spore-producing structure enclosing a zygote
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endoparasite
a parasite that lives within the body of another organism
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plasmodium
A multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that forms one of hte stages in the life cycle of the plasmodial slime mold.
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schizogony
multiple fission, in which one cell gives rise to many cells
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