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parasitism


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parasitism  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parasitism 
  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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