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Meanings of parasitism in anglès

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паразитизм
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parasitismo
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parasitismo
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parasitària
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Relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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        Examples for "parasitic organism"
        1
        Although it is not certain, the virus is believed to be a small, living, parasitic organism without definite cell structure.
        The new yorker
        2
        I met the Locust Queen, you see, and she told me her species was fighting for survival against a parasitic organism in their tunnels.
        The Slab
        3
        Pain, however, is not the only symptom of the invasion of the body by pyogenic or parasitic organisms.
        The Origin and Nature of the Emotions; Miscellaneous Papers
        4
        Infernals were like all parasitic organisms.
        Eve of darkness
        5
        Several of these stories elaborate on the rather stomach-churning theme of scientists growing parasitic organisms... in their own bodies.
        Wired
        Usage of parasitism in anglès
        1
        Everything lives on that which lives or has lived; everything is parasitism.
        The Mason-Bees
        2
        All things considered, is ignoble the right epithet to apply to parasitism?
        The Mason-Bees
        3
        With the cruciforms, this parasitism on the human brain has been resumed.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        4
        There can be little doubt that in some cases the epiphytism approaches parasitism.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        5
        The change from parasitism to slavery was an inevitable step of creative intelligence.
        The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
        6
        Conclusions: These G. rostochiensis genome resources will facilitate major advances in understanding nematode plant-parasitism.
        Pubmed
        7
        Brood parasitism imposes several fitness costs on the host species.
        Pubmed
        8
        Many conclude faith-based parasitism on science less costly to the individual, so more adaptive.
        Futures 1
        9
        Add the suppression of parasitism, and it will be solved.
        Les Misérables
        10
        Her life-long economic parasitism has utterly blurred her conception of the meaning of equality.
        Anarchism and Other Essays
        11
        They pride themselves upon the parasitism which is their shame.
        The Second Generation
        12
        Having heard its evidence, we shall see what becomes of the theory of parasitism.
        The Mason-Bees
        13
        Living on the largesse of others is nothing but parasitism.
        Small favor
        14
        So far from ministering to growth, parasitism ministers to decay.
        "Beautiful Thoughts"
        15
        War, with very few exceptions, is a mode of parasitism.
        Outspoken Essays
        16
        Now what did she do before she took to parasitism?
        The Mason-Bees
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