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Meanings of parasitic organism in English

Russian
паразитизм
Portuguese
parasitismo
Spanish
parasitismo
Catalan
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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        паразитизм
        Usage of parasitic organism in English
        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
        6
        We shall doubtless do all possible to develop preventive medicine in order to guard the weak against parasitic organisms.
        The Story of Germ Life
        7
        Using the linear model as a tool we predict that parasitic organisms may be depleted relative to the tissues of their host.
        Pubmed
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        Translations for parasitic organism
        Portuguese
        parasitismo