noun
- diseases or conditions caused by parasites
Usage: medical; plural form
Examples
- The tropical medicine clinic specializes in treating various parasitoses.
- Malaria and schistosomiasis are common parasitoses in developing countries.
- The veterinarian diagnosed several parasitoses in the shelter animals.
- Public health officials work to prevent parasitoses through education and sanitation.
- The research focused on emerging parasitoses in immunocompromised patients.
- Travel medicine includes vaccination and prevention of parasitoses.