Parasitic meaning

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Of, relating to, or characteristic of a parasite.
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Caused by a parasite.

Parasitic diseases.

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Of or like a parasite; living at the expense of others.
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Caused by parasites, as a disease.
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Of or designating a subsidiary volcano, crater, etc. that forms on the side of another one.
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Relating to or characteristic of a parasite.
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Caused by a parasite.

Parasitic diseases.

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Pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
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Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
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Exploiting another for personal gain.
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(computing) Component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.
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Origin of parasitic

Parasitic Sentence Examples

  • The parasitic cycle has been broken, and the insect is no longer infected.

  • Parasitic or carnivorous.

  • While the majority of the Nematodes are parasites, there are many that are never at any period of their life parasitic. These free-living forms are found everywhere - in salt and fresh water, in damp earth and moss, and among decaying substances; they are always minute in size, and like many other lower forms of life, are capable of retaining their vitality for a long period even when dried, which accounts for their wide distribution; this faculty is also possessed by certain of the parasitic Nematodes, especially by those which lead a free existence during a part of their life-cycle.

  • Oxen, sheep, dogs, monkeys, bats, and probably horses also suffer from similar parasitic diseases.

  • With regard to the parasites, which are the actual cause of malaria in man, an account of them is given under the heading of Parasitic Diseases, and little need be said about them here.

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