Parasitic Definition

părə-sĭtĭk
adjective
Of or like a parasite; living at the expense of others.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a parasite.
American Heritage
Caused by parasites, as a disease.
Webster's New World
Of or designating a subsidiary volcano, crater, etc. that forms on the side of another one.
Webster's New World

Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.

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Synonyms:
noun
(computing) Component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.
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Other Word Forms of Parasitic

Noun

Singular:
parasitic
Plural:
parasitics

Origin of Parasitic

Parasitic Sentence Examples

  • The parasitic cycle has been broken, and the insect is no longer infected.

  • Oxen, sheep, dogs, monkeys, bats, and probably horses also suffer from similar parasitic diseases.

  • The Nematoda which are parasitic during their whole life may similarly be divided into two classes - those which undergo their development in a single host, and those which undergo their development in the bodies of two distinct hosts.

  • With regard to the parasites, which are the actual cause of malaria in man, an account of them is given under the heading of Parasitic Diseases, and little need be said about them here.

  • The parasitic and free-living Nematodes are connected by transitional forms which are free at one stage of their existence and parasitic at another; they may be divided into two classes those that are parasitic in the larval state but free when adult, and those that are free in the larval state but parasitic when adult.

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PPAPAR

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