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)
How To Use parasitism In A Sentence
- Clams in category 5 were probably killed by physical stress, disease, or parasitism.
- Even if some nests were misclassified using this technique, the number of nests where this was the sole means of detecting parasitism was small.
- His social layer owes its social prominence to the ruthless assault on the working class and a staggering growth in corruption and parasitism.
- IMO, passerine parasitism is mainly due to their altricial nature. The evolution of vampires
- The following May, they observed parasitism of leaf rollers in the apple orchards near the three garden sites.
- Their common name of Stylops becomes an adjective when describing the hosts that are carrying them, hence an insect suffering from parasitism by ‘Strepsiptera’ is described as being ‘stylopised’.
- If the diagnosis is unclear, an otherwise unexplained elevated immunoglobulin value may be helpful in suggesting allergy or parasitism.
- Until recently, the researchers couldn't figure out why the wasp's springtime parasitism rate was very low.
- The performance of so-called e-commerce firms highlights the parasitism of the upper layers of corporate management.
- Parasitism, inflammatory bowel disease, and food allergies are among the medical conditions that could contribute to this behavior.
