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Definition of Ectozoon
1. Noun. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).
Generic synonyms: Parasite
Specialized synonyms: Flea
Derivative terms: Ectozoan, Epizoan
Definition of Ectozoon
1. Noun. (zoology) An epizoon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ectozoon
1. a parasite on the body of an animal [n -ZOA]
Medical Definition of Ectozoon
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Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Outside + an animal.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectozoon
Literary usage of Ectozoon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1865)
"Name given by Prof. Owen for the transverse bone of Cu- vier, in reptiles.]
[ectozoon (l<ros, without; $Sov, ..."
2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1848)
"... and this ectozoon receives his death-blow by the inunction of the sulphur,
which is oftentimes not accomplished by the mere application of sulphur ..."
3. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1861)
"... I have arrived at the conclusion that the foreign cystic bodies adherent to
the conjunctiva are the ova of an ectozoon, the latter being parasitic, ..."
4. Parasites: A Treatise on the Entozoa of Man and Animals Including Some by Thomas Spencer Cobbold (1879)
"The external parasites of swine are not so numerous as might be expected from
the habits of their hosts. The most common ectozoon is the hog louse ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1842)
"... is its connexion with a peculiar One very curious point in this discreditable
The existence of this ectozoon had long been insect, called accordingly ..."
6. Buffalo Medical Journal (1849)
"... the acarus is exposed, and this ectozoon receives his death-blow by the
inunction of the sulphur, which is oftentimes not accomplished by the mere ..."
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