hemoparasite

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noun

Any parasite that lives in the blood of its host

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Meanings

nounhemoparasite (plural hemoparasites)

plural hemoparasites

  1. Any parasite that lives in the blood of its host

    Instead, we added each gastrointestinal parasite predictor to the best-fitting hemoparasite and extrinsic variables model (see above) and observed whether the model fit was improved.

    2015 December 15, “Co-Infection and Wild Animal Health: Effects of Trypanosomatids and Gastrointestinal Parasites on Coatis of the Brazilian Pantanal”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hemo- + parasite.

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