Usually means: Prefers or thrives among humans.
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  1. anthropophilic: Wiktionary
  2. anthropophilic: Dictionary.com
  3. Anthropophilic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. anthropophilic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. anthropophilic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. anthropophilic: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (anthropophilic)

adjective:  Preferring human beings to other animals. It especially alludes to (i) bloodsucking arthropods such as mosquitos, denoting the preference of a parasite for the human host as a source of blood or tissues over an animal host; and (ii) dermatophytic fungi which grow preferentially on humans.

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