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PARASITIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
Example:
his indolent leechlike existence
Synonyms:
bloodsucking; leechlike; parasitic; parasitical
Classified under:
Similar:
dependent (relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed)
Derivation:
parasite (a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to epenthesis
Synonyms:
epenthetic; parasitic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
epenthesis (the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or caused by parasites
Example:
parasitic infection
Synonyms:
parasitic; parasitical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
parasite (an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host)
Derivation:
parasite (an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host)
Context examples:
There are no vaccines for parasitic diseases.
(Parasitic Diseases, NIH)
A branch of biology which deals with parasitic organisms with a strong emphasis on their role in disease.
(Parasitology, NCI Thesaurus)
This is a serious parasitic disease that affects more than 8 million people worldwide and for which there is currently no treatment.
(Scientists identify how the exosomes of the parasite responsible for Chagas disease affect heart cells, University of Granada)
A parasitic infection caused by trematodes of the Paragonimus genus.
(Paragonimiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
A parasitic disorder caused by protozoa of the Trypanosoma brucei species.
(African Trypanosomiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of parasitic protozoans that includes the causative agent of malaria.
(Plasmodium, NCI Thesaurus)
A parasitic infection caused by genus of filarial worms called Dipetalonema.
(Dipetalonemiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
A parasitic infection caused by tapeworm larvae of Echinococcus.
(Echinococcosis, NCI Thesaurus)
The swelling of plant tissue due to parasitic fungi, insect parasites, or other biological, chemical or mechanical injuries.
(Gall, Food and Drug Administration)
A genus of parasitic protozoa that is the cause of giardiasis.
(Giardia, NCI Thesaurus)
