Hemoparasite

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From hemo- + parasite.

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