| parasiticide |
Medication formulated to kill parasites.
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| parasympathetic |
The portion of the nervous system which stimulates the pancreas to produce digestive enzymes and stimulates many of the smooth muscles in the body including those of the stomach and intestine. It also tends to slow the heart rate.
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| parasite |
an organism living on or in, and obtaining its food from, its host, another living organism.
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| parasite |
[pair-AH-site] an animal that lives on or in the body of another animal (its host), and which usually does not kill its host or consume a large proportion of its tissue.
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| parasympathetic |
Division of the autonomic (automatic) nervous system. Parasympathetic nerves control functions of digestion, heart and lung activity, constriction of eye pupils and many other normal functions of the body.
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