GONOTYL
A muscular sucker often with spines which surrounds the
genital atrium of-a digenetic trematode.
GRAVID
Pregnant or filled with eggs.
GROUND ITCH
An irritation of the cutaneous tissues caused by bacteria
introduced by wandering hookworm larvae.
GUBERNACULUM
A process formed in the cloaca of certain nematode adult
males that guides the exsertion of spicules during
copulation.
GYNOCOPHORAL
A ventral longitudinal groove on the males of the genus
CANAL
Schistosoma where the female resides after mating.
H
HABITAT
The natural site in the host where a parasite resides.
HELMINTH
A general term applied to the various species of worms or
wormlike parasites.
HEMOLYMPH
The blood-like nutrient fluid in the body cavity of certain
invertebrate animals.
HEMOZOIN PIGMENT
The pigment formed through the metabolism of hemoglobin.
It is the waste product of the malarial parasite within the red
blood cell.
HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY
Enlargement of the liver and spleen.
HETEROXENOUS
A term applied to parasitic organisms which require more
than one host in order to complete their life cycle.
HEXACANTHONCOSPHERE
The six-hooked larva of certain species of tapeworm
which is the form that hatches from the egg.
HOLOZOIC
A typical nutritional aspect of many parasitic protozoans
which feed by ingesting entire organisms or particles thereof.
HOST
An organism which harbors another organism (parasite).
HOST SPECIFICITY
The degree to which a parasite is capable of maturing in
more than one host species.
HYALINE
Glassy and transparent, or approximating that state.
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