Usually means: Exploit another organism for survival.
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  1. parasitise: Merriam-Webster
  2. parasitise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. parasitise: Wiktionary
  4. parasitise: Dictionary.com
  5. Parasitise: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Parasitise: Legal dictionary

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  1. Parasitise: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. parasitise: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Parasitise: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parasitise)

▸ verb:  To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.

Similar:
parasite, pseudoparasitise, pseudoparasitize, infest, stylopize, germ, larviposit, epiphytize, endosporulate, cocultivate, more...

Opposite:
host, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism

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Similar:
parasite, pseudoparasitise, pseudoparasitize, infest, stylopize, germ, larviposit, epiphytize, endosporulate, cocultivate, more...

Opposite:
host, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism



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