| 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 leech: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
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| parasitic cyst |
a cyst formed by the larva of a parasite, such as a hydatid cyst.
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| parasitic twin |
A parasitic twin is the result of a situation related to the process that results in teratomas, vanishing twin, and conjoined twins – two unique embryos begin developing in utero, but something goes wrong. Parasitic twins are also known as asymmetrical conjoined twins or unequal conjoined twins. ...
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| parasitism |
Parasitism (in Greek: παρασσυτισμός) is an interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed. Parasitism can be considered a special case of predation since their effects on the host are similarly, though not equivalently, detrimental. ...
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| parasitophobia |
The English suffix -phobia is technically used to describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder, and commonly misused to describe hatred of a particular thing or subject. Everyday language has misused the use of this suffix as a mild or irrational fear with no serious substance; however, its origin is from areas of psychiatry which study serious phobias which disable a person's life. ...
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