Parasitology: Definition, Significance and its uses in Medical Technology

Definition: It is the study of parasites, the living organisms who maybe free living or requires host to live
on.

Significance: It is important to study medically significant parasites, pathogenic or non pathogenic

because it includes further knowledge and understanding of the human body. It is significant especially
in the laboratory setting as gaining knowledge to all possible present organisms in a sample you will test
in the laboratory will help the medical technologist to identify different species. It guides the clinician to
diagnose proper medicine.

Use: It gives knowledge to students who will use and will apply this knowledge in the future to assess
whether the patient has pathogenic or non pathogenic parasites which is an important data to
determine if the patient has or may have an infection.