Definition of Hyperparasitism

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hyperparasitism

1. A condition in which a secondary parasite develops within a previously existing parasite. Synonym: biparasitism. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperparasitism

hyperoxidized
hyperoxygenated
hyperoxygenation
hyperoxygenised
hyperoxymuriate
hyperoxymuriates
hyperoxymuriatic
hyperpaced
hyperpancreatism
hyperparameter
hyperparameters
hyperparametric
hyperparasite
hyperparasites
hyperparasitic
hyperparasitism (current term)
hyperparathyroidism
hyperparathyroidisms
hyperparotidism
hyperpartisan
hyperpartisanship
hyperpathia
hyperpatriotic
hyperpatriotism
hyperpepsia
hyperpepsinia
hyperperfusion
hyperperistalsis
hyperpersonal
hyperphagia

Literary usage of Hyperparasitism

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

1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1888)
"Another remarkable observation made by Brischke is the hyperparasitism °f two species of Cryptus, viz., ..."

2. Pathogens of Soybean Seeds: Bibliographyby Andrew Kalinski by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"hyperparasitism of Oospores of Phytophthora Megasperma Var. Sojae. Soil Biol. Biochem. 13:355-360. SCHLUß, RL and LOCKWOOD, JL 1981. ..."

3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Frequently parasites are preyed upon by other parasites, — a condition known as hyperparasitism — and even the hyperparasites may be parasitized. ..."

4. Hygiene of Communicable Diseases: A Handbook for Sanitarians, Medical by Francis Merton Munson, John Harington, Francis Randolph Packard, Fielding Hudson Garrison (1920)
"... for example the hookworm, complete their life cycle in one host. hyperparasitism is the occurrence of animals living a parasitic ..."

5. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1918)
"Sambon ingeniously suggests that there may be special local conditions that favour hyperparasitism, that is, the attack and destruction of the malaria ..."

6. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1908)
"This is most strikingly brought out in the comparative importance of hyperparasitism. Dr. LO Howard, in a study of the parasites of ..."

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