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anthropophilic

anthropophilic adjective: preferring human beings to other animals. It especially alludes to (i) bloodsucking arthropods such as mosquitos, denoting the preference of a parasite for the human host as a source of blood or tissues over an animal host; and (ii) dermatophytic fungi which grow preferentially on humans.

Adjective

anthropophilic (comparative more anthropophilic, superlative most anthropophilic)

  1. Preferring human beings to other animals. It especially alludes to (i) bloodsucking arthropods such as mosquitos, denoting the preference of a parasite for the human host as a source of blood or tissues over an animal host; and (ii) dermatophytic fungi which grow preferentially on humans.
    Synonyms:
    androphilous

Synonyms of anthropophilic

Forms of anthropophilic

comparativemore anthropophilic
superlativemost anthropophilic

Origin of anthropophilic

From anthropo- + -philic.

Questions about anthropophilic

What does anthropophilic mean?
Anthropophilic means preferring human beings to other animals. It especially alludes to (i) bloodsucking arthropods such as mosquitos, denoting the preference of a parasite for the human host as a source of blood or tissues over an animal host; and (ii) dermatophytic fungi which grow preferentially on humans.
What part of speech is anthropophilic?
Anthropophilic is an adjective.

Words near anthropophilic in the dictionary

  1. anthropophagous
  2. anthropophagously
  3. anthropophagus
  4. anthropophagy
  5. anthropophilia
  6. anthropophilic
  7. anthropophilous
  8. anthropophily
  9. anthropophobe
  10. anthropophobes
  11. anthropophobia

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