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parasite
  1. (pejorative) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. [from 16th c.]
  2. (biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
  3. (literary) A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc. [from 19th c.]
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “He makes the accusation that Nussberg always acted like a parasite and enriched himself at the expense of others.”
      “An opportunity must be given to every person attacked by malaria to get rid of the parasite by means of quinine.”
      “Then he moved back in with his mother, sealing his fate and cementing his status as parasite and waster of indulgence and advantage.”
parasitism
  1. (ecology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.
  2. (figuratively) A similar interaction between people.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Choosing extensively forested landscapes should lead to reduced levels of nest predation and brood parasitism for songbirds.”
      “Scientists observed virtually no springtime parasitism by wasps of the apple-feeding leaf rollers.”
      “In addition, natural densities of hoppers and levels of parasitism differed among sites.”
parasitoid
  1. Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.
  2. Examples:
    1. “These volatiles can attract the natural enemies of these herbivores, for example, parasitoid wasps.”
      “We used the braconid Asobara tabida, a parasitoid of Drosophila larvae, as our model species.”
      “Predation of a prey by a predator usually takes much more time than the parasitization of a host by a parasitoid.”
parasitic
  1. (electronics) A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.
parasitophobia
  1. A morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.
parasitocenosis
  1. All the parasites that inhabit an animal (or a specified part of an animal)
parasiticide
  1. Any substance used to kill parasites.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “One of the most effective treatments is a parasiticide that is applied to a small area at the back of the neck.”
      “It is useful also locally in rheumatic affections as a resolvent and anodyne, in acne, and as a parasiticide.”
parasitosis
  1. (medicine) Infestation with parasites.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Define delusional parasitosis, its pathophysiology, presentation, diagnosis, and epidemiology.”
      “Patients complaining of crawling sensations in the skin are diagnosed with delusional parasitosis.”
      “Emotional connotations surrounding parasitosis burdens its acceptance in general practice.”
parasitemia
  1. (pathology) The presence of parasites in the blood
  2. Examples:
    1. “The parasitemia and percentage of gametocytes were monitored daily beginning 1 week postinfection.”
      “Parasitemia was monitored daily to determine the time to recrudesce to the initial parasitemia.”
      “Randomized controlled trial of levamisole hydrochloride as adjunctive therapy in severe falciparum malaria with high parasitemia.”
parasitisation
  1. Alternative spelling of parasitization
  2. Examples:
    1. Parasitisation of juvenile edible crabs by the dinoflagellate, Hematodinium sp.”
parasiticalness
  1. The state or quality of being parasitical.
parasitologist
  1. A person who works in parasitology.
  2. Examples:
    1. “When doubt remains, an experienced cytologist, pathologist, or parasitologist should review the smear.”
      “This text is one that will please the experienced pathologist and parasitologist, as well as being a comprehensive starting point for those entering the field.”
      “When Canadian parasitologist Leo Margolis read of Kabata's work he immediately began to correspond with him.”
parasitaemia
  1. Alternative spelling of parasitemia
  2. Examples:
    1. “These typically include malnutrition, anaemia, malaria parasitaemia, or HIV infection.”
      “The occurrence of other illnesses and malarial parasitaemia was not significantly affected by iron administration.”
      “Firstly, because the level of parasitaemia in malaria varies from hour to hour, blood should have been examined several times a day for two or three days.”
parasitization
  1. The act of being or becoming a parasite.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Predation of a prey by a predator usually takes much more time than the parasitization of a host by a parasitoid.”
      “Vasogenic edema from compressive ischemia, venous stasis or parasitization of pial vessels may also occur and can be extensive.”
      “Multicellular organisms continually defend themselves against parasitization by potentially harmful microbes.”
parasitology
  1. A study of parasites.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He has published several research articles on immunology, parasitology, and public health.”
      “He contributed significantly to research in many areas of clinical gastroenterology and tropical parasitology.”
      “His photomicrographs have been featured on the covers of seven scientific journals and he has published widely on parasitology.”
parasitation
  1. (nonstandard) parasitization
parasitocenoses
  1. plural of parasitocenosis
parasitisations
  1. plural of parasitisation
parasitologists
  1. plural of parasitologist
parasitophobias
  1. plural of parasitophobia
parasitizations
  1. plural of parasitization
parasitaemias
  1. plural of parasitaemia
parasiticides
parasitations
  1. plural of parasitation
parasitoses
  1. plural of parasitosis
parasitemias
  1. plural of parasitemia
parasitoids
  1. plural of parasitoid
parasitisms
  1. plural of parasitism
parasitics
  1. plural of parasitic
  2. Examples:
    1. “The carrier to noise ratio optimization, or the minimisation of the parasitics signals, is crucial, together with the system reliability.”
      “The very low profile offering low parasitics inductances makes this product range a component of choice when space, electrical performance, weight and cost are a concern.”
      Parasitics become more problematic as the circuitry becomes more sophisticated and smaller and as it runs at higher frequencies.”
parasites
  1. plural of parasite
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Most of the leeches found in our lakes are parasites feeding on the body fluids of fish.”
      “The causes for chewing wood can be tooth problems and teething, stomach or intestinal parasites or mineral deficiency.”
      “Hundreds of peacekeeping troops have succumbed to the disease, after becoming infected with single-celled parasites called leishmania.”
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