endophilic
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editendophilic (not comparable)
- Living inside an enclosed space such as a burrow, crack, cave or building as opposed to living outdoors (exophilic)
- 2015 May 13, Amélé N Wotodjo et al., “The implication of long-lasting insecticide-treated net use in the resurgence of malaria morbidity in a Senegal malaria endemic village in 2010–2011”, in Parasites & Vectors[1], volume 8, :
- Therefore, they are more vulnerable to mosquito bites than others because mosquitoes are both exophilic and endophilic in Dielmo.