Parasitism
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
ectoparasitism, intracellular parasitism, parasite infection mechanism
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Related Terms
Coccidia, Entamoeba histolytica, Mastigophora, mite, Muscidae, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes
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Scope Note
relationship between two organisms where one (parasite) lives on or in the other (host) and derives nutrients and protection while injuring or killing the host; see RTs for specific organisms.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Brood parasitism is much less common in other groups of birds.
- (Discuss) Parasitism is an interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host)is harmed.
- Pogacar's parasitism is an indeterminable counter-transfer that starts from non-institutionalism and leads towards the institutional power exerted by culture and society.
- "Subclinical parasitism is entirely different [from clinical parasitism].
- Parasitism is differentiated from parasitoidism, a relationship in which the host is killed by the parasite; parasitoidism occurs in some Hymenoptera (ants, wasps, and bees), Diptera (flies), and a few Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths): the .
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