variants
also parasitical
as in symbiotic
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Guinea worm infections are caused by a parasitic worm whose larvae can contaminate water.
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Evan Bush, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
This tropical disease involves an infection with parasitic worms that eventually emerge through a person’s skin, and the 39th U.S. president was shocked by the plight of people infected by them.
—Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2024
Oral antibiotics may be used to resolve bacterial infections and parasitic ones like giardiasis.
—Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
Her death was likely due to a parasitic wasp–as Main’s team noticed that her burrow cover had been pierced.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Evan Bush, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
This tropical disease involves an infection with parasitic worms that eventually emerge through a person’s skin, and the 39th U.S. president was shocked by the plight of people infected by them.
—Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2024
Oral antibiotics may be used to resolve bacterial infections and parasitic ones like giardiasis.
—Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
Her death was likely due to a parasitic wasp–as Main’s team noticed that her burrow cover had been pierced.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Parasitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parasitic. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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