Parasites

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004725",
  "term": "Parasites",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic bacteria; fungi; viruses; and plants; though they may live parasitically.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "pests",
    "heterotrophs",
    "parasitoses",
    "etiological agents",
    "parasitology",
    "parasite load",
    "antiparasitic properties",
    "definitive hosts",
    "haustoria",
    "kleptoplasty",
    "antiparasitic agents",
    "parasitism",
    "host-parasite relationships",
    "pathogens",
    "animal parasites and pests",
    "ectoparasites",
    "parasitic plants",
    "hematophagous parasites",
    "hemoparasites",
    "endoparasites",
    "mycoparasites",
    "gregarines",
    "parasitic insects"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2016",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "parásitos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/parasites/"
}