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- [par-uh-sahyt]
- /ˈpær əˌsaɪt/
- /ˈpær.ə.saɪt/
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- [par-uh-sahyt]
- /ˈpær əˌsaɪt/
Definitions of parasite word
- noun parasite an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment. 1
- noun parasite a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others. 1
- noun parasite (in ancient Greece) a person who received free meals in return for amusing or impudent conversation, flattering remarks, etc. 1
- noun parasite organism living on another 1
- noun parasite sb who lives off another 1
- countable noun parasite A parasite is a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it. 0
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Origin of parasite
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; < Latin parasītus < Greek parásītos one who eats at another's table, orig. adj.: feeding beside, equivalent to para- para-1 + sît(os) grain, food + -os adj. suffix
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Parts of speech for Parasite
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parasite popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
parasite usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for parasite
noun parasite
- acarid — any of the small arachnids of the order Acarina (or Acari), which includes the ticks and mites
- antibodies — any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation: Ab.
- antibody — Antibodies are substances which a person's or an animal's body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease.
- backscratcher — an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's back
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
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