Meanings
nounparasitology (usually uncountable, plural parasitologies)
plural parasitologies
- uncountableusuallyThe study of parasites.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pərai
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
- Ancient Greekσῖτος (sîtos)
- Ancient Greekπαράσιτος (parásitos)
- Latinparasītus
- Middle Frenchparasite
- Englishparasite
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishparasitology
Translations
Catalan parasitologia
- parasitologiastudy of parasites
Chinese Mandarin 寄生蟲學 /寄生虫学
- 寄生蟲學 /寄生虫学 (jìshēngchóngxué)study of parasites
Czech parazitologie
- parazitologiestudy of parasites
Finnish parasitologia
- parasitologiastudy of parasites
French parasitologie
- parasitologiestudy of parasites
German Parasitologie
- Parasitologiestudy of parasites
Hindi परजीवी विज्ञान
- परजीवी विज्ञान (parjīvī vijñān)study of parasites
Indonesian parasitologi
- parasitologistudy of parasites
Italian parassitologia
- parassitologiastudy of parasites
Japanese 寄生虫学
- 寄生虫学 (kiseichūgaku)study of parasites
Korean 기생충학
- 기생충학 (gisaengchunghak)study of parasites
Malay parasitologi
- parasitologistudy of parasites
Portuguese parasitologia
- parasitologiastudy of parasites
Romanian parazitologie
- parazitologiestudy of parasites
Spanish parasitología
- parasitologíastudy of parasites
Thai ปรสิตวิทยา
- ปรสิตวิทยาstudy of parasites
Vietnamese kí sinh trùng học
- kí sinh trùng họcstudy of parasites
Cite this entry
APA
parasitology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasitology
MLA
“parasitology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasitology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parasitology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasitology.
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