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Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Nobody: 4:17pm On May 22, 2018

There is a serious debate here.

Is a fetus a parasite to its mother?

Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by 125diCalcitriol: 4:24pm On May 22, 2018

A fetus is not a parasite

A parasite is an organism of one species in or on an organism of other species & deriving nourishment from the host

A foetus is an organism of one species living in the uterine cavity of an organism of the same species and deriving nourishment from the mother. A dependent relationship, but not a parasitic relationship

A parasite is harmful to some degree to the host

A foetus does not usually cause harm to the mother, provided proper care & nutrition is provided by the mother

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Ishilove: 4:39pm On May 22, 2018

125diCalcitriol:
A fetus is not a parasite

A parasite is an organism of one species in or on an organism of other species & deriving nourishment from the host

A foetus is an organism of one species living in the uterine cavity of an organism of the same species and deriving nourishment from the mother. A dependent relationship, but not a parasitic relationship

A parasite is harmful to some degree to the host

A foetus does not usually cause harm to the mother, provided proper care & nutrition is provided by the mother

QED

cc OrestesDantes

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Nobody: 5:14pm On May 22, 2018*

125diCalcitriol:
A fetus is not a parasite

A parasite is an organism of one species in or on an organism of other species & deriving nourishment from the host

A foetus is an organism of one species living in the uterine cavity of an organism of the same species and deriving nourishment from the mother. A dependent relationship, but not a parasitic relationship

A parasite is harmful to some degree to the host

A foetus does not usually cause harm to the mother, provided proper care & nutrition is provided by the mother

∆ Even in the presence of proper care there are some symptoms that will still manifest
Like Anaemia, Vomiting, tiredness and metabolic disorder. ∆

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by 125diCalcitriol: 5:20pm On May 22, 2018

OrestesDante:
∆ Even at the presence of proper care there are some symptoms will still manifest
Like Anaemia, Vomiting, tiredness and metabolic disorder. ∆

If you are sitting for any professional exam (PARASTIOLOGY)
Just make use of the points i gave!

the argument have be done and concluded long time ago..
You can check any updated parasitology texts

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Nobody: 5:25pm On May 22, 2018

125diCalcitriol:
A fetus is not a parasite

A foetus is an organism of one species living in the uterine cavity of an organism of the same species and deriving nourishment from the mother. A dependent relationship, but not a parasitic relationship

∆ Are you saying that if it is coming from the same specie it is not parasitic?

What about homogeneous parasite? ∆

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by 125diCalcitriol: 6:24pm On May 22, 2018

OrestesDante:
∆ Are you saying that if it is coming from the same specie it is not parasitic?

What about homogeneous parasite? ∆

Can u pls elucidate on homogenous parasite, +examples

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by kayusdguy(m): 8:26pm On May 22, 2018

125diCalcitriol:
A fetus is not a parasite

A parasite is an organism of one species in or on an organism of other species & deriving nourishment from the host

A foetus is an organism of one species living in the uterine cavity of an organism of the same species and deriving nourishment from the mother. A dependent relationship, but not a parasitic relationship

A parasite is harmful to some degree to the host

A foetus does not usually cause harm to the mother, provided proper care & nutrition is provided by the mother

Does that make it a saprophyte?

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Brukx(m): 11:22pm On May 22, 2018

125diCalcitriol:
A fetus is not a parasite

A parasite is an organism of one species in or on an organism of other species & deriving nourishment from the host

A foetus does not usually cause harm to the mother, provided proper care & nutrition is provided by the mother

500,000 women die from childbirth a year. I'm not saying a feotus is a parasite. But relating parasite and host with degree of harm won't settle it ... Cancer is quite dangerous. Cancer cells are Made up of our own body cells but that doesn't make cancer a parasite. I am personally considering the mode of entry and mode of nutrition

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by dominique(mod): 10:40pm On May 24, 2018

Yes it is

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Yoruba4Life: 10:49pm On May 24, 2018

Wait... what's all these 'Encyclopedia' terms and biology jargons on here? huh

Abeg, make I commot before dem talk say I no go school now grin

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Dbrainiac1(m): 10:50pm On May 24, 2018

dominique:
Yes it is

.

Ex-parasite

How far? grin

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by SalamRushdie: 10:50pm On May 24, 2018

A foetus is a parasite to the mother and the destiny of the mother ..just take it from me

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Cosplay: 10:50pm On May 24, 2018*

Would you prefer a strictly biological or a moral response?

https://www.quora.com/Can-a-fetus-be-scientifically-and-biologically-categorized-as-a-parasite-If-not-how-does-it-fail-to-meet-the-criteria-for-one

www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/2na7ia/is_a_fetus_technically_a_parasite/

Uyiii:
No.

There are at least 10 scientific distinctions between a parasite and a fetus.

A parasite is an organism of one species that lives in or on an organism of another species and receives nourishment from the host.

Source:

https://www.quora.com/Can-a-fetus-be-scientifically-and-biologically-categorized-as-a-parasite-If-not-how-does-it-fail-to-meet-the-criteria-for-one

Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by SoapQueen(f): 10:51pm On May 24, 2018

Ofcourse not!..

A parasite will generally weaken the cellular reproductive capacity of the host. For a fetus, the effect is the opposite .

Parasites are invasive organism that come from an outside or external source. A fetus comes from an
inside or internal source (ie fertilized egg)

Reference :Quora

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Delivar(m): 10:51pm On May 24, 2018

Here is a dictionary definition of a 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"

Going by that definition, the keyword there is "without benefiting". Since pregnant women benefit from the foetus by obtaining the joy of having a baby then a foetus is not a parasite.

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by teamsynergy: 10:51pm On May 24, 2018

since it is totally dependent on the woman carrying it and feeds on the host and not in any way independent, we might as well call it a parasite . not to forget thousands of women die annually from pregnancy and childbirth complications

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by ishowdotgmail(m): 10:52pm On May 24, 2018

No.... The foetus in no way poises harm to the mother

Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by goldtooth: 10:53pm On May 24, 2018

To the mother perhaps lipsrsealed

Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Hennepin: 10:53pm On May 24, 2018

Technically, it is a parasite. Depends on perspective. It is a good parasite to expecting mothers and baby mamas of celebs but a bad parasite to a teenager preparing for WAEC

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Yoruba4Life: 10:57pm On May 24, 2018

125diCalcitriol:
Can u pls elucidate on homogenous parasite, +examples

Foolish African mentality right on display here ooo. angry

Elucidate. Why couldn't you have simply utilize a common layman term, "explain"? undecided

All these just to show us you go school sha.. Na wah ooo. huh

I wonder how that increase the carbohydrate in your mitochondria or protein in your nucleus undecided

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Adasun(m): 11:01pm On May 24, 2018

Yoruba4Life:
Wait... what's all these 'Encyclopedia' terms and biology jargons on here?

Abeg, make I commot before dem talk say I no go school now

u go skul bfor undecided

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Uyiii: 11:01pm On May 24, 2018

No.

There are at least 10 scientific distinctions between a parasite and a fetus.

A parasite is an organism of one species that lives in or on an organism of another species and receives nourishment from the host.

Parasites are invasive organism that come from an outside or external source. A fetus comes from an inside or internal source (ie fertilized egg)

Parasites are generally harmful to the hosts, fetuses may make a pregnant woman experience adverse health effects, but not nearly to the same level that a parasite generally does.

A parasite makes direct contact with the host's living tissues. A fetus lives in the placenta, fed by the umbilical cord, both of which are fetal tissue (ie the cells come from the baby).

When a parasite invades a host, the host tissue will usually respond by encapsulating the parasite in order to cut it off from other surrounding tissue. In the case of a fetus, the mother’s tissue will create a lining tissue that connects, rather than cuts off contact with other tissues (placenta lining).

Parasites usually elicit a surge of antibodies as an immunological response. With the fetus, however, a mother’s trophoblast (the shell of cells surrounding the embryo) will naturally block these antibodies so as not to reject the fetus. This reaction is only found in the embryo-mother relationship.

A parasite will generally weaken the cellular reproductive capacity of the host.For a fetus, the effect is the opposite.

Parasites generally stay with the host for life, a fetus leaves upon birth.

Parasitical relationships are mostly harmful and unnecessary to the host, generally damaging the host in a variety of ways. A newborn (fetus post-birth) is very healthy for the mother, bringing benefits of an emotional, cognitive and chemical nature.

The most obvious one, a fetus is a human being in development. It will never become anything other than human. Even a first trimester fetus will have fully developed arms, legs, ears, facial features, sex organs and a functioning heart, as well as sufficient neurological development to feel pain. A parasite is not a human and never will be.

https://www.quora.com/Can-a-fetus-be-scientifically-and-biologically-categorized-as-a-parasite-If-not-how-does-it-fail-to-meet-the-criteria-for-one

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by dominique(mod): 11:01pm On May 24, 2018

Dbrainiac1:
.

Ex-parasite

How far?

Retired parasite

I'm good, you cheesy

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Joshuamilarge(m): 11:01pm On May 24, 2018

Ishilove:
QED
cc OrestesDantes

Best answer

Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Yoruba4Life: 11:01pm On May 24, 2018

Adasun:
u go skul bfor

Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Adasun(m): 11:02pm On May 24, 2018

Yoruba4Life:
Foolish African mentality right on display here ooo.

Elucidate. Why couldn't you have simply utilize a common layman term, "explain"?

All these just to show us you go school sha.. Na wah ooo. I wonder how that increase the carbohydrate in your mitochondria or protein in your nucleus

after consulting da dictionary,u came back to spil trash undecided

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Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by kennymartinz(m): 11:02pm On May 24, 2018

Foetus and fetus are two different things. Be specific on your topic here

Re: Is A Foetus A Parasite? by Stanleysteno(m): 11:03pm On May 24, 2018

125diCalcitriol:
A fetus is not a parasite

A parasite is an organism of one species in or on an organism of other species & deriving nourishment from the host

A foetus is an organism of one species living in the uterine cavity of an organism of the same species and deriving nourishment from the mother. A dependent relationship, but not a parasitic relationship

A parasite is harmful to some degree to the host

A foetus does not usually cause harm to the mother, provided proper care & nutrition is provided by the mother

You don talk it... That's all

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