| parasite | an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant), it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host |
plasmodium
Plasmodium vivax
malaria parasite | parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans |
card index
card catalog
card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
| index register | (computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand |
| thumb index | one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections |
index
index finger
forefinger | the finger next to the thumb |
| stock-index futures | a futures contract based on a stock index, a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks |
| index | an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed |
| Combined DNA Index System | the DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
index index number
indicant
indicator | a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts, can reveal relative changes as a function of time |
body mass index
BMI | a measure of someone's weight in relation to height, to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches, overweight is a BMI greater than , obese is a BMI greater than |
| business index | a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions, this business index is computed relative to the base year of |
Standard and Poor's
Standard and Poor's Index | a broadly based stock market index |
price index
price level | an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time |
| retail price index | an index of changes in retail prices |
producer price index
wholesale price index | an index of changes in wholesale prices |
consumer price index
CPI
cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
stock index
stock market index | index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks |
crosseference
cross-index | a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work |
exponent
power
index | a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself |
| index fund | a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index |
index fossil
guide fossil | a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found |
| index case | the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study |
leech
parasite
sponge
sponger | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage |
parasite yew
Parasitaxus ustus | rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia, parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides |
| pond-scum parasite | an aquatic fungus of genus Synchytriaceae that is parasitic on pond scum |
| index fund | a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list |
cephalic index
breadth index
cranial index | ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull |
| facial index | the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face |
refractive index
index of refraction | the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium |
| index | a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number |
| index | adjust through indexation, The government indexes wages and prices |
| index | provide with an index, index the book |
| index | list in an index |
| cross-index | make an index that refers from one point to the next, These references are cross-indexed |