Exam: GRE (Verbal)

Definition: A type of thin, upright filament found among the reproductive parts of some fungi, algae, and mosses, which does not produce spores.

Example: The paraphysis helps support the reproductive structures in certain types of mosses.

Definition: A medical condition where a person cannot move or feel their legs and lower body due to injury or disease affecting the spinal cord.

Example: After the accident, he was diagnosed with paraplegia and had to adjust to life in a wheelchair.

Definition: The study of mental phenomena that cannot be explained by traditional science, including things like telepathy and clairvoyance.

Example: Many researchers in parapsychology explore the possibility of life after death.

Definition: An organism that lives on or in another organism and gets food from it, often harming the host in the process.

Example: The tick is a common example of a parasite that feeds on the blood of its host.

Definition: Relating to or caused by a living organism that lives on or in another organism and benefits at the host's expense.

Example: The parasitic plant took nutrients from the tree it was growing on.

Definition: Relating to or resembling a living thing that lives on or in another organism and gets its food from it.

Example: The parasitical plant took nutrients from the tree it was growing on.

Definition: In a way that involves living off another organism, often causing harm to it.

Example: The plant grows parasitically, taking nutrients from its host without giving anything in return.

Definition: Able to kill or eliminate parasites, particularly those that are harmful to other organisms.

Example: The new medication has a strong parasiticidal effect, helping to rid the body of harmful worms.

Definition: A substance or product that is used to kill parasites, which are organisms that live on or in a host and get their food from it.

Example: Farmers often use a parasiticide to protect their livestock from harmful parasites.

Definition: A relationship between two different organisms where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host, which is often harmed in the process.

Example: In nature, parasitism can be seen in the relationship between ticks and mammals.