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Cat8 public health
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acaricide | - A pesticide that kills mites and ticks. |
| Aerosols | An extremely fine mist or fog consisting of solid or liquid particles suspended in air. Also, certain formulations used to produce a fine mist or smoke. |
| Aperture | An opening or open space. |
| Arthropod | Invertebrate animals (insects, spiders, ticks, and crayfish) of the phylum Arthropoda. They have segmented bodies and jointed appendages. |
| Baits | Poisonous traps with desirable lures to control pests. |
| Biological transmission | occurs when an arthropod like a tick or mosquito picks up the disease from one host and transmits the disease to another host. |
| Complete metamorphosis | Insect stages in live cycle are: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The larva does not look like the adult and often has a different food source than the adult. |
| Defecate | To discharge feces from the anus. |
| Dusts | Pesticides that are non-liquid. |
| External parasite | An animal smaller than its host that lives upon the outside of its host for at least part of its life cycle. |
| Cast skin | The shed skin (exoskeleton) of a nymph or larva. |
| Cephalothorax | The combined head and thorax of spiders. |