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Parasite Vocabulary Chapter 10 Microbiology Antibiosis A condition in which two organisms cannot coexist Arachnids Members of the class arthropods that include spiders and mites. The characteristically have four pairs of walking legs and no wings Ciliates Microorganism (protozoa) possessing cilia Flagella Flexible whip-like structure found on microorganisms, used as an organ of locomotion Giardiasis Helminthes Parasitic worm; a nematode (roundworm) or trematode (fluke) Hookworm Parasitic roundworm that enters the body through the skin and migrates to the intestine where it attached itself to the wall of the intestine with its hooklets and sucks blood for its food Hosts Animal that harbors and provides sustenance for another organism Infestation Living on or within the skin of the host by animal parasites, usually insects Mastigophora A subphylum of protozoa that have one or more flagella and a centrally located nucleus Page 171 Microfilaria Prelarval stage of the Filariodea family that are found in the blood of humans and in the tissues of the vector Nematodes Roundworm Neutralism Relationship between two organisms in which neither one affects the other Parasites Organisms that live on or within another living organisms at whose expense it obtains some advantage Pediculus Genus of lice (head lice) Protozoa Subkingdom including unicellular eukaryotic organisms Symbiosis Mutually beneficial relationship between two or more organisms of different species Tapeworm Parasitic cestode worm that has a flattened ribbon-like body Trematodes A class of flatworms called flukes that are broad and leaf shaped