Meaning of PARASITISM
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| | Definition: | | [n] the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage) |
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| | See Also: | | interdependence, interdependency, mutuality | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Par"a*si`tism\, n. [Cf. F. parasitisme.]
1. The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a
parasite. ``Court parasitism.'' --Milton.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.)The state of being parasitic.
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| | Definition: | | A type of symbiosis where two (or more) organisms from different species live in close proximity to one another, in which one member depends on another for its nutrients, protection, and/or other life functions. The dependent member (the parasite) benefits from the relationship while the other one (the host) is harmed by it. |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | The closee association of two or more dissimilar organisms where the association is harmful to at least one. See Commensalism, Parasitism, Symbiosis |
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| | Related Terms: | | accompaniment, accordance, agreement, alliance, apple-polishing, ass-kissing, association, backscratching, bootlicking, brown-nosing, cahoots, coaction, coincidence, collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination, combined effort, commensality, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conjunction, consilience, conspiracy, cooperation, correspondence, co-working, cringing, ecology, ecosystem, fawnery, fawning, flunkyism, footlicking, groveling, handshaking, ingratiation, insinuation, junction, mealymouthedness, obeisance, obsequiousness, prostration, saprophytism, simultaneity, sponging, sycophancy, symbiosis, symbiotics, synchronism, synergy, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyism, truckling, tufthunting, union, united action |
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