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Parasitism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Parasitism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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)

2

Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mutuality
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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