Of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another.
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Schistosomiasis remains one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in developing countries.
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The term 'neglected tropical diseases' predominantly refers to single-entity, mostly parasitic diseases.
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He sum up the evidence strongly in favor of their parasitic nature.
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Mitigation efforts varied widely; malaria was the most frequently tested parasitic disease.
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Ceruloplasmin expression is also evident during parasitic infection in few fish species.
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One was corrupt and powerful; the other was weak and parasitical.
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The trunks of the trees, too, exhibit a similar parasitical vegetation.
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Densely interwoven trees, shrubs, and parasitical climbers fought everywhere for possession of it.
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I would say that the secondary market, and especially touting, is a parasitical business.
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And yet the cow-bird finds this nest and drops her parasitical egg in it.
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You Bitch, Your bloodsucking fuck of a lawyer called me again today.
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There they enslave a couple of handsome earthlings with their vampirelike bloodsucking skills.
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And your captors are not just monsters but evil bloodsucking aliens.
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It suggests the legend of the mythical bloodsucking creatures was tied to medieval ignorance.
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If Society can stand that sort of bloodsucking tailor's model, I guess I can.
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The newcomer for an hour hung to the truck leechlike, without winning further recognition.
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Before my parents stopped sending my allowance, I needed to reform my leechlike personality and escape this rotten hikikomori lifestyle.
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It clung leechlike to chiffon of cloak and gown, and though Annesley tore at the yellow fingers, she could not loosen them.
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He thought of Brawne, that brave woman, energy incarnate, lying helpless with that leechlike extension of the Shrike's evil growing from her skull.