Other Conditions Causing Yellow Toenails. Although fungal infection is the most likely cause of yellow toenails, rarely, some other disease conditions can also result in yellow toenails. Some of these conditions are psoriasis, jaundice, paronychia, lymphedema, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis and sinusitis.
1. a plant or animal that lives upon or within another living organism at whose expense it obtains some advantage; see symbiosis. 2. the smaller, less complete member of asymmetrical conjoined twins, attached to and dependent upon the autosite.parasitÂ´ic. malarial parasite Plasmodium.
ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon - any external parasitic organism (as fleas) parasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it. host - an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association.