(n) any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms), Syn. entozoon, entoparasite, entozoan, endozoan
n. [ Endo- + parasite. ] (Zoöl.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoön. -- En`do*par`a*sit"ic a. [1913 Webster]