parasitism - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • bureaucracy: The parasitism of the bureaucracy was undermining the very foundations of the planned economy.
  • capital: Given the parasitism of finance capital that can only result in endemic corruption.

Adjective modifier

  • social: Its appropriation of a vast share of the national income has the character of social parasitism.
  • sympatric: The graph shows observed parasitoid success after sympatric parasitism plotted against parasitoid success as predicted by the model.
  • intraspecific: Work with Graeme Ruxton from the University of Glasgow has focused on modeling intraspecific brood parasitism in various ways.
  • gastrointestinal: Lambs are often treated frequently to ensure high growth rates without the negative effects of gastrointestinal parasitism.
  • intestinal: Eosinophilia ( Eos 0.8 x 109/l ) is very rarely found in association with intestinal parasitism in horses.

Noun used with modifier

  • brood: In this project we hope to develop these ideas to the modeling of interspecific brood parasitism.
  • egg: Egg parasitism also played a role in the low number of bollworms in comparison with egg counts.
  • cuckoo: The evolution of cuckoo parasitism: a comparative analysis.

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