Dictionary entry

Endoparasite

Webster's Dictionary 1913

En′do‐par″a‐site (?), n. [Endo- + parasite.] (Zoöl.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; — opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoön. — En′do‐par′a‐sit″ic (#), a.