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parasitize

  • verb

To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.

Other meanings

  1. To behave as a parasite more generally.

Related words

  • ectoparasitize
  • hyperparasitize
  • kleptoparasitize
  • parasitizer
  • superparasitize
  • parasitization
  • parasitism

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This definition is adapted from “parasitize” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.