📚 noun • entry_id 32266
ectoparasite
/ˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/
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ectoparásito
A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.
Many of the chewing lice are highly host specific, but a few may occur on a variety of not more than a half dozen related host species. They feed on skin (epidermal cells), hair, f…
Ordinarily, allergy to animals is due to either their fine dander which becomes aerosolized or to the exoskeleta, pupae, or feces of their ectoparasites.
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