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• a  relating to or caused by parasites
  parasitic infection
• a  of or pertaining to epenthesis
• s  of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
  a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses
  parasitic vines that strangle the trees

• The peaceable snail has a host of enemies: the weather, rats, turtles, crows, foxes, ducks, parasitic insects that lay eggs in its flesh, and picnickers who abandon bits of canned .
• And she used the near parasitic interest in her personal life to her advantage, unloading her new kids' baby pictures for $14 million, all of which went to charity.
• The cause of this destruction was kala-azar (scientifically known as visceral leishmaniasis), a deadly disease caused by a parasitic protozoan.

• parasitical
• epenthetic
• leechlike
• bloodsucking

News & Articles

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• More sea lamprey treatments, surveys scheduled
  Scientists plan to find and kill parasitic fish in several local waterways.
  June 15, 2013 - Traverse City Record-Eagle
• Haiti close to eliminating lymphatic filariasis - June 15, 2013 - Press Release
  Haiti’s public health experts are one step closer to completely ridding its population of a disease that has long plagued the country. For the first time, millions of Haitians are now protected from the infectious, parasitic disease called lymphatic filariasis (LF).
  June 14, 2013 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Haiti Moves A Step Closer Toward Eradicating Elephantiasis
  Despite the daunting health challenges Haiti faces, the country has achieved a major step toward eliminating the parasitic infection, which causes severe swelling of the legs. Haiti is on track to wipe out the disease within four years, scientists say.
  June 13, 2013 - NPR

Quotes

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• Robert Summers in Washington Post
  If you look at the incidence of these diseases, a lot of them began to emerge and become much more common after parasitic worm diseases were eliminated from our environment,said Robert Summers of the University of Iowa, who is experimenting...
• Evo Morales in Bloomberg
  Morales said Dec. 16 he was "the United States' worst nightmare" and pledged to oppose "parasitic businesses that grow richer at the expense of the poor."
• Nelson Chamisa in Zim Online
  He (Manheru) has not toned down his hate speech, confirming that he is a front for a minority and parasitic elite which is benefiting from the current crisis; a clique that is deriving profit from the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe,...