paratenic
/ˌpæɹ.əˈtɛn.ɪk/
paratenic adjective: not needed for the development of the parasite, but nevertheless serving to maintain the parasite's life cycle.
Adjective
paratenic (not comparable)
- Not needed for the development of the parasite, but nevertheless serving to maintain the parasite's life cycle.
Origin of paratenic
From Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰτείνω (părăteínō, “to stretch out along, beside or near; to continue life, live”) + -ic, from πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside, by”) + τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, pull tight”).
Words that rhyme with paratenic
- autogenic
- schizophrenic
- Hellenic
- heterogenic
- photogenic
- allergenic
- angiotenic
- anthropogenic
- biogenic
- cacogenic
- cariogenic
- catagenic
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- dysgenic
- eugenic
- hypoallergenic
- mutagenic
- oncogenic
- pathogenic
- phrenic
- pyrogenic
- selenic
- telegenic
- anogenic
- antigenic
- asthenic
- callisthenic
- carcinogenic
- cinegenic
- cryogenic
- cytogenic
- dissociogenic
- dynamogenic
- fennec
- fibroadipogenic
- galenic
- haemogenic
- hallucinogenic
- ketogenic
- lactigenic
- linolenic
- multiantigenic
- neurasthenic
- neuritogenic
- nonleukemogenic
- ontogenic
- prothrombogenic
- spermatogenic
- sthenic
- supramitogenic
- thermogenic
- thiophenic
- thrombogenic
- toxicogenic
- tungstenic
- typhogenic
- zoogenic
Questions about paratenic
- What does paratenic mean?
- Paratenic means not needed for the development of the parasite, but nevertheless serving to maintain the parasite's life cycle.
- What part of speech is paratenic?
- Paratenic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce paratenic?
- Paratenic is pronounced /ˌpæɹ.əˈtɛn.ɪk/.
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