Definition
noun
The disease resulting from parasitism or parasitic infection.
Supplement
For example toxoplasmosis is a parasitosis caused by the infection of the host by the infective agent Toxoplasma gondii
See also: parasitism, parasite
Dictionary > Parasitosis
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