Definition of Ectozoic

1. a. See Epizoic.

Definition of Ectozoic

1. Adjective. (zoology) epizoic ¹

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Definition of Ectozoic

1. externally parasitic [adj]

Medical Definition of Ectozoic

1. See Epizoic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectozoic

ectosymbiotic
ectotherm
ectothermic
ectothermically
ectotherms
ectothermy
ectothrices
ectothrix
ectotoxin
ectotrophic
ectotrophoblastic cavity
ectotympanic
ectozoa
ectozoan
ectozoans
ectozoic (current term)
ectozoon
ectrocheiry
ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting syndrome
ectrogenic
ectromelia virus
ectromelic
ectropic
ectropion
ectropion uveae
ectropium

Literary usage of Ectozoic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The homœopathic vade mecum of modern medicine and surgery by Edward Harris Ruddock (1871)
"There is no great difficulty in the treatment of the ectozoic or Epizoic class of parasitic diseases, except when associated with true skin-disease. ..."

2. Hand-book of Skin Diseases by Isidor Neumann (1872)
"... ectozoic Affections.—LDB The animal parasites which live in the skin, that is, spend their whole existence on or within it, are, ..."

3. Ruddock's Family doctor: A Popular Guide for the Household, Giving the by Edward Harris Ruddock, James E. Gross (1892)
"There is no great difficulty in tho treatment of the ectozoic or Epizoic class of parasitic diseases, except when associated with true skin disease. ..."

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