ENTOZOIC Definition & Meaning

entozoic

[ en-tuh-zoh-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of a parasitic animal) living within the body of its host.

entozoic

/ ˌɛ�Գ�əʊˈ��əʊɪ�� /

adjective

of or relating to an entozoon
living inside an animal
entozoic fungi

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of entozoic¹

First recorded in 1860–65; entozo(a) ( def ) + -ic

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Scō′lex, the embryo of an entozoic worm.

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I will not dwell on these; though, if I were writing a book of pure science, there is a wondrous array of facts of the most striking and interesting character, connected with the structure, the metamorphoses, and the habits, of the Entozoic Worms, which I might present to my readers.

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Professor, on certain Entozoic Worms, 201. on the Conchoderma Hunteri, 154.Oxynaspis,

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