| parasitical | 1. Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic. "Parasitic preachers." 2. <botany> Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3. Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. <zoology> See Jager. Parasit"ically, Parasit"icalness. Origin: L. Parasiticus, Gr., cf. F. Parasitique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| achromia parasitica | A phase of lessening or absence of pigmentation in cutaneous lesions, caused by the fungus Malassezia furfur. See: tinea versicolor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| blepharitis parasitica | Marginal blepharitis due to the presence of lice. Synonym: blepharitis phthiriatica, pediculous blepharitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermatorrhagia parasitica | A disease of the horse marked by numerous localised haemorrhages into and through the skin from small nodules, due to the presence of the parasitic filarial nematode, Parafilaria multipapillosa. (05 Mar 2000) |