endoparasite

endoparasite

English

Etymology

endo- +‎ parasite

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛndə(ʊ)ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛndəˈpɛɹəˌsaɪt/
• Hyphenation: en‧do‧par‧a‧site

Noun

endoparasite (plural endoparasites)

1. A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.

   Antonym: ectoparasite

   Coordinate term: zooparasite

Related terms

• endoparasitic

Translations

indwelling parasite

Finnish: sisäloinen (fi) French: endoparasite (fr) m German: Endoparasit m, Entoparasit m, Innenparasit m Greek: ενδοπαράσιτο (el) n (endoparásito) Irish: ionpharaisít f Spanish: endoparásito (es) m Swedish: endoparasit c

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French

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Noun

endoparasite m (plural endoparasites)

1. endoparasite

Further reading

• “endoparasite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.