Definitions for parasitic
ˌpær əˈsɪt ɪkpar·a·sitic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. parasitic, parasiticaladjective

   relating to or caused by parasites

   "parasitic infection"

2. epenthetic, parasiticadjective

   of or pertaining to epenthesis

3. parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsuckingadjective

   of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another

   "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. parasiticnoun

   Component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.

2. parasiticadjective

   Pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.

3. parasiticadjective

   Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.

4. parasiticadjective

   Exploiting another for personal gain.

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1. parasitic

   Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". Parasites include single-celled protozoans such as the agents of malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery; animals such as hookworms, lice, mosquitoes, and vampire bats; fungi such as honey fungus and the agents of ringworm; and plants such as mistletoe, dodder, and the broomrapes. There are six major parasitic strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism (by contact), trophically-transmitted parasitism (by being eaten), vector-transmitted parasitism, parasitoidism, and micropredation. One major axis of classification concerns invasiveness: an endoparasite lives inside the host's body; an ectoparasite lives outside, on the host's surface. Like predation, parasitism is a type of consumer–resource interaction, but unlike predators, parasites, with the exception of parasitoids, are typically much smaller than their hosts, do not kill them, and often live in or on their hosts for an extended period. Parasites of animals are highly specialised, and reproduce at a faster rate than their hosts. Classic examples include interactions between vertebrate hosts and tapeworms, flukes, the malaria-causing Plasmodium species, and fleas. Parasites reduce host fitness by general or specialised pathology, from parasitic castration to modification of host behaviour. Parasites increase their own fitness by exploiting hosts for resources necessary for their survival, in particular by feeding on them and by using intermediate (secondary) hosts to assist in their transmission from one definitive (primary) host to another. Although parasitism is often unambiguous, it is part of a spectrum of interactions between species, grading via parasitoidism into predation, through evolution into mutualism, and in some fungi, shading into being saprophytic. People have known about parasites such as roundworms and tapeworms since ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In early modern times, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek observed Giardia lamblia in his microscope in 1681, while Francesco Redi described internal and external parasites including sheep liver fluke and ticks. Modern parasitology developed in the 19th century. In human culture, parasitism has negative connotations. These were exploited to satirical effect in Jonathan Swift's 1733 poem "On Poetry: A Rhapsody", comparing poets to hyperparasitical "vermin". In fiction, Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula and its many later adaptations featured a blood-drinking parasite. Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien was one of many works of science fiction to feature a parasitic alien species.

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1. parasitic

   Parasitic refers to a type of relationship between organisms where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the host organism. The parasite lives on or in the body of the host, often causing harm through extracting nutrients, damaging tissues or causing diseases. This term can also be used metaphorically to refer to a relationship between individuals or entities where one unfairly takes advantage or exploits the other.

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1. Parasiticadjective

   alt. of Parasitical

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Parasitic

   living on or in some other animal or insect in such a way as to derive all nourishment from the tissues of the host.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of parasitic in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of parasitic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of parasitic in a Sentence

1. Peckish Erast Zubarev:

   I was told by my mate it was a parasitic threadworm that lives in the intestine.

2. Andrew Schneider:

   I feel like I can handle a lot of things. I can handle a parasitic infection and separating lesions, arterial sclerosis. But this stuff...I just want to go through life thinking people are happy, naive as that may sound.

3. Charles Krauthammer:

   That's the source of the millions that are paid in taxes, which support the parasitic government that Obama is running. I mean, that's essentially how capitalism works, the government doesn't make money, it takes it, and it takes it from enterprises that are successful.

4. Chris Rufo:

   Critical race theory is an ideology that is almost entirely subsidized by taxpayers, the theories were developed in publicly-financed and publicly-subsidized universities, and now they are being installed as ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ departments in every government agency in the nation. It is not an organic philosophy.It'san elite-driven, parasitic ideology whose host is the state.

5. Peckish Erast Zubarev:

   I’d made a cup of coffee, and was settling in front of the TV down when I opened it and saw this little white worm crawling across the top, i was told by my mate it was a parasitic threadworm that lives in the intestine.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=parasitic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Parasitic
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parasitic
6. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=parasitic