different between tapeworm vs endoparasite

English

Etymology

tape +? worm.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: t?p?wûrm', IPA^(key): /?te?p?w?m/
• Hyphenation: tape?worm

Noun

tapeworm (countable and uncountable, plural tapeworms)

1. (countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
   1. (countable) A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
2. (uncountable) Infection by tapeworms.

Synonyms

• (any species of class Cestoda): cestode

Derived terms

• armed tapeworm
• beef tapeworm
• dwarf tapeworm
• pork tapeworm
• rabbit tapeworm
• red tapeworm

Translations

See also

• bladderworm
• measly
• proglottid
• scolex
• taenia
• taeniasis
• cysticercosis

Further reading

• tapeworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mop water, mopwater, pomwater

English

Etymology

endo- +? parasite

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd?(?)?pæ???sa?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??p????sa?t/
• 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