GC: n

S: Springer – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1756-0500-6-449 (last access: 20 November 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020729297028658 (last access: 20 November 2024).

N: 1. The first known use of parasitosis was circa 1899. From “parasite” + “-osis” (Latin from Greek -ōsis from -ō-, -o-, ending of preceding verbal or substantive stem + -sis).

• infestation with or disease caused by parasites.

2. parasitic disease, in humans, any illness that is caused by a parasite, an organism that lives in or on another organism (known as the host). Parasites typically benefit from such relationships, often at the expense of the host organisms. Parasites of humans include protozoans, helminths, and ectoparasites (organisms that live on the external surface of a host). They are responsible for many diseases and are transmitted to their hosts most often through the ingestion of contaminated food or water or through the bite of an arthropod (e.g., a fly or tick), which can act as an intermediate host and as a vector. (For information on parasitic diseases in animals, see animal disease: Survey of animal diseases. For information on parasitic diseases in plants, see plant disease: Classification of plant diseases by causal agent.)

3. Human Diseases; Animal Diseases; Epidemiology: parasitic infection.

• Parasites are organisms that live off other organisms, or hosts, to survive. Some parasites don’t noticeably affect their hosts. Others grow, reproduce, or invade organ systems that make their hosts sick, resulting in a parasitic infection.
• French equivalent: infection parasitaire.

4. Parasitoses: parasitosis.

5. Medical Parasitology: parasitosis, parasitic disease.

• Parasitosis includes the development of a morbid condition characterized by parasitic infestation.

6. Veterinary Medicine: parasitosis, parasitic disease.

• [parasitic disease] Commonly this term is limited to diseases caused by protozoa, helminths, ectoparasites and, according to some authors, parasitic fungus.

S: 1. YD – http://www.yourdictionary.com/parasitosis (last access: 11 May 2016); MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parasitosis (last access: 11 May 2016). 2. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/science/parasitic-disease (last access: 20 November 2024). 3 & 4. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=parasitosis&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 20 November 2024). 5 & 6. GDT – https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/2077056/parasitose, https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/8404107/parasitose (last access: 20 November 2024).

SYN: parasitic disease

S: GDT – https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/2077056/parasitose (last access: 20 November 2024); EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/science/parasitic-disease (last access: 20 November 2024)

CR: helminth, helminthiasis, infestation, levamisole, parasite, protozoa, pediculosis, scabies, schistosome, schistosomiasis, trichinosis.