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Parasitic vs Entozoon - What's the difference?

parasitic | entozoon |

As nouns the difference between parasitic and entozoon

is that parasitic is (computing) component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior while entozoon is (obsolete) any of various microscopic parasitic worms previously classified together under the grouping entozoa .

As an adjective parasitic

is pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.

parasitic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
  • Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
  • Exploiting another for personal gain.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) Component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.

    • entozoon

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete) Any of various microscopic parasitic worms previously classified together under the grouping Entozoa .
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    • , passage=The discovery that a disorder known as "the staggers," of which many thousands of sheep have died annually, is caused by an entozoon which presses on the brain, and that if the creature is extracted through the softened place in the skull which marks its position, the sheep usually recovers, is another debt which agriculture owes to biology. }}