parasitology
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of parasitology
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The parasitology bench—focused on infections caused by parasites—has transitioned to a full-capacity, seven-day-a-week operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Prof. Hany Elsheikha, an expert in parasitology at the University of Nottingham said the pill could be a "significant improvement over other treatments" and could be used against multiple parasites.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
Wood now leads her own parasitology laboratory at the University of Washington—“a 24-hour dissection machine,” as she calls it.
From Scientific American ● May 18, 2022
Vlaschenko makes regular “raids” on foot through the embattled city to check on the lab’s seven freezers full of bat carcasses, which represent another irreplaceable specimen collection for immunology, parasitology, and climate research.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 9, 2022
As a teenager reading African parasitology books in the medical library, I was boggled by the array of creatures equipped to take root upon a human body.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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