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Parasitic Protozoa

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-020230

Protozoa 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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-020230
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesAdapted from NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020230",
  "term": "Parasitic Protozoa",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Protozoa 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.",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/parasitic-protozoa/"
}

Record 20,230 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.