autecisms
/ˈɔːtəsɪzəmz/
noun
- Plural of autecism; instances or types of parasitic life cycles completed on a single host.
- The study cataloged autecisms among rust fungi in North America.
- The textbook described several autecisms found in different fungal species.
- Autecisms are contrasted with heteroecisms in parasitology courses.