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parasitology

parasitology noun: the study of parasites.

Noun

parasitology (usually uncountable, plural parasitologies)

  1. (usually) The study of parasites.

parasitology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

parasitology in Hindi

study of parasites
परजीवी विज्ञान parjīvī vijñān

parasitology in Tamil

ஒட்டுண்ணியியல், புறவூணியியல்

parasitology in Malay

study of parasites
parasitologi

parasitology in Indonesian

study of parasites
parasitologi
More languagesFewer languages
parasitology in Thai
ปรสิตวิทยา
parasitology in Vietnamese
kí sinh trùng học

Forms of parasitology

pluralparasitologies

Origin of parasitology

From parasite + -ology.

Words formed from parasitology

Questions about parasitology

What does parasitology mean?
Parasitology means the study of parasites.
What is parasitology in Hindi?
Parasitology in Hindi is परजीवी विज्ञान (parjīvī vijñān). See Parasitology meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is parasitology?
Parasitology is a noun.
What is the plural of parasitology?
The plural of parasitology is parasitologies.

Words near parasitology in the dictionary

  1. parasitological
  2. parasitologically
  3. parasitologies
  4. parasitologist
  5. parasitologists
  6. parasitology
  7. parasitome
  8. parasitomes
  9. parasitophobia
  10. parasitophobias
  11. parasitophore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parasitology (page history and authors); parasitology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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