Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "parasitosis" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF PARASITOSIS

parasitosis  [ˌpærəsɪˈtəʊsɪs] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARASITOSIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parasitosis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARASITOSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Parasitic disease

A parasitic disease is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite. Many parasites do not cause diseases. Parasitic diseases can affect practically all living organisms, including plants and mammals. The study of parasitic diseases is called parasitology. Some parasites like Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium spp. can cause disease directly, but other organisms can cause disease by the toxins that they produce.

Definition of parasitosis in the English dictionary

The definition of parasitosis in the dictionary is a parasitic disease or infestation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARASITOSIS


apoptosis
ˌæpəpˈtəʊsɪs
asbestosis
ˌæsbɛsˈtəʊsɪs
athetosis
ˌæθəˈtəʊsɪs
carcinomatosis
ˌkɑːsɪˌnəʊməˈtəʊsɪs
endocytosis
ˌɛndəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs
exocytosis
ˌɛksəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs
halitosis
ˌhælɪˈtəʊsɪs
hyperkeratosis
ˌhaɪpəˌkɛrəˈtəʊsɪs
keratosis
ˌkɛrəˈtəʊsɪs
ketosis
kɪˈtəʊsɪs
kurtosis
kəˈtəʊsɪs
leucocytosis
ˌluːkəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs
lymphocytosis
ˌlɪmfəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs
mitosis
maɪˈtəʊsɪs
myxomatosis
ˌmɪksəməˈtəʊsɪs
neurofibromatosis
ˌnjʊərəʊˌfaɪbrəməˈtəʊsɪs
phagocytosis
ˌfæɡəsaɪˈtəʊsɪs
proptosis
prɒpˈtəʊsɪs
ptosis
ˈtəʊsɪs
steatosis
ˌstɪəˈtəʊsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARASITOSIS

parasitic
parasitic male
parasitic oscillation
parasitical
parasitically
parasiticalness
parasiticidal
parasiticide
parasitisation
parasitise
parasitism
parasitization
parasitize
parasitoid
parasitologic
parasitological
parasitologist
parasitology
parasitoses
paraskiing

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARASITOSIS

actinic keratosis
agranulocytosis
amitosis
athrocytosis
chondromatosis
dermatophytosis
diagnosis
erythroblastosis
exostosis
gliomatosis
hemochromatosis
hyperostosis
leukocytosis
lipomatosis
macrocytosis
metasomatosis
onychocryptosis
papillomatosis
pinocytosis
spherocytosis
synostosis

Synonyms and antonyms of parasitosis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parasitosis» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF PARASITOSIS

Find out the translation of parasitosis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parasitosis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parasitosis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寄生虫病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parasitosis
570 millions of speakers

English

parasitosis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

parasitosis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطفيليات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

паразитоз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parasitoses
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

parasitosis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parasitose
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parasitosis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Parasitose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

寄生虫症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기생충
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parasitosis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ký sinh trùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

parasitosis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परजीवी रोग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parazitoz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parassitosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pasożytniczą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

паразитоз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parazitoze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρασιτώσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parasitosis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parasitosis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parasitosis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parasitosis

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARASITOSIS»

The term «parasitosis» is regularly used and occupies the 64.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
70
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «parasitosis» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of parasitosis
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «parasitosis».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARASITOSIS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «parasitosis» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «parasitosis» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parasitosis

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARASITOSIS»

Discover the use of parasitosis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parasitosis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Parasites and Parasitosis of the Domestic Animals: The ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Benjamin Mott Underhill, 2011
2
Essentials of Psychosomatic Medicine
Delusional Disorder, Somatic Type Delusional Parasitosis Delusional parasitosis is characterized by a fixed, false conviction that one is infested with living organisms (G.C. Johnson and Anton 1985). Patients with delusional parasitosis seek ...
James L. Levenson, 2007
3
Clinical Management in Psychodermatology
Treatment of delusion of parasitosis as part of the liaison service within the dermatology clinic, including the dermatologist, psychiatrist, and patient, has been found beneficial. But because of organizational aspects, this is usually possible only ...
Uwe Gieler, Daniel Kusnir, Francisco A. Tausk, 2008
4
Encyclopedia of Entomology
Imagined cutaneous parasitosis by insects and mites. This is an emotional disorder in which invisible or nearly invisible organisms are present on, or in, the body. This mental disturbance is not uncommon, and is often associated with stress in ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
5
Ask the Bugman: Environmentally Safe Ways to Control ...
M: Of all the bug calls I get, the most frustrating are from people who suffer from delusory parasitosis (DP). I try to explain to them what DP is: a condition in which the patient believes that insects or mites are crawling on, biting, or burrowing in ...
Richard Fagerlund, Johnna Autumn Strange, Johnna Lachnit, 2002
6
Encyclopedia of Pest Management
Ebeling, W. Delusory parasitosis and ''cable mite'' der- matitis. In Urban Entomology; Ebeling, W., Ed.; University of California Regents: Berkeley, CA, 1975. 10. 2. Hinkle, N.C. Delusory parasitosis. Am. Entomol. 2000, 46 (1), 17–25. 11. 3.
David Pimentel, Ph.D., 2007
7
Tropical Diseases in Travelers
Delusions of parasitosis. Arch Derm Syphilol 1946;54:39–56. 2 Kleinman A, Eisenberg L, Good B. Culture, illness, and care: clinical lessons from anthropologic and cross-cultural re- search. Ann Intern Med 1978;88:251–8. 3 Abramovitch H ...
Eli Schwartz, 2009
8
Pediatric Psychodermatology: A Clinical Manual of Child and ...
Antipsychotic treatment of delusional parasitosis: Systematic review. Br I Psychiatry 2007;191:198-205. . Trabert W. 100 years of delusional parasitosis. Meta-analysis of 1,223 case reports. Psychopathology 1995;28(5):238—46. . Trabert W.
Joav Merrick, 2012
9
The Infested Mind: Why Humans Fear, Loathe, and Love Insects
Michael A. Marschall, Rudolph F. Dolezal, Mimis Cohen, and Stephanie F. Marschall, “Chronic wounds and delusions of parasitosis in the drug abuser,” Plas— tic and Reconstructive Surgery 88 (1991): 328—30. Waldron, “The entomologist ...
Jeffrey Lockwood, 2013
10
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of ...
Delusional parasitosis (delusions of infestation) is classified as a delusional disorder, somatic type, and is characterized by a fixed false belief that one is infested by parasites or insects that is maintained despite negative clinical and laboratory ...
James L. Levenson, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARASITOSIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parasitosis is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bolivia logra eliminar en 44 años cuatro enfermedades mortales
“En 2009 el índice de parasitosis anual era 7,5 por cada 1.000 habitantes, para 2012 bajó a 2,0, es decir que cumplimos la meta del milenio ... «La Razón, Jul 15»
2
Buscan desparasitar a 200.000 escolares
El objetivo es disminuir y controlar la parasitosis intestinal, principal causa de anemia de la franja infantil, y mejorar la capacidad de ... «ABC Color, Jul 15»
3
Mysterious Morgellons disease - what actually is it and could you …
“Unfortunately, Morgellons patients are often given a clinical misdiagnosis of delusional parasitosis or obsessive-compulsive disorder.”. «BT.com, Jul 15»
4
Symptom management: Managing chronic pruritus
Infections, such as HIV and parasitosis, can also be responsible for chronic pruritus, as can neurological disease, such as MS and brain ... «GP online, Jul 15»
5
MSU gumshoes solve mysteries about Montana's plants, insects
Another time, the police arrived to help a visitor who thought she had parasites, but more likely had a condition called “delusional parasitosis.”. «The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Uruguayos en proyecto de la Unión Europea para lograr una vacuna
... trabajan en la confección de una vacuna para combatir cada una de las parasitosis ampliamente difundidas en ovinos y vacunos. FOTO. «Diario El País, Jun 15»
7
HAVE UFO OCCUPANTS CREATED DEADLY PLAGUES …
But the medical community held fast to its diagnosis of “delusional parasitosis,” meaning the patient was mistaken in complaining about an ... «UFODigest, Jun 15»
8
Joni Mitchell hospitalization reportedly due to brain aneurysm
... for Morgellon's are very similar to delusional parasitosis, a mental illness in which the patient falsely believes they are infested with parasites. «National Post, May 15»
9
[Convention Coverage] What's New in Entomology?
... Hinkle has become one of the nation's leading experts on delusional parasitosis, a psychological condition in which the individual believes to ... «PCT Magazine, May 15»
10
Can 'Psychodermatology' Explain Why Peeling Your Sunburn Feels …
Psychiatric disorders that manifest themselves via the skin, such as delusional parasitosis, where patients falsely believe there are parasites ... «New York Magazine, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Parasitosis [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/parasitosis>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z