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Definition of Parasitise
1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]
Medical Definition of Parasitise
1. To invade as a parasite. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parasitise
Literary usage of Parasitise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"The following Scoliid wasps are known to parasitise the larvae: Dielis annulata,
F.; D. luctuosa, Smith; D. tristis, Sauss.; D.javana, Lap.; D. thoracica, ..."
2. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"For example, lions parasitise zebras. They only parasitise one zebra at a time,
so the frequency of parasitism is minimal. But they consume that one zebra ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"With the appearance of parasitise in the group the reproductive relations become
profoundly modified; thus it is the always less active female which fint ..."
4. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"Only two species of fungi are definitely known to parasitise the roots of coniferous
trees in the temperate zone, viz, Fames annosus and Armillaria melica. ..."
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