Associations to the word «Parasitism»

Wiktionary

PARASITISM, noun. (ecology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.
PARASITISM, noun. (figuratively) A similar interaction between people.

Dictionary definition

PARASITISM, noun. 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).

Wise words

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Alfred Lord Tennyson