Definition of endoparasite
: a parasite that lives in the internal organs or tissues of its host
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On the right side of the whale, a scientist cutting through flesh pulls out worm-like endoparasites—those would be parasites that live inside their host, common for a whale—and puts them in a plastic baggy.
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Origin and Etymology of endoparasite
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First Known Use: circa 1882
in the meaning defined above
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medical Definition of endoparasite
: a parasite that lives in the internal organs or tissues of its host — compare ectoparasite
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