parasite
(par′ă-sīt″)
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[L. parasitus, fr Gr. parasitos, dinner guest]
1. An organism that lives within, upon, and at the expense of another organism (its host), causing harm.
2. The smaller or incomplete element of conjoined twins that is attached to and dependent on the more nearly normal twin (autosite).
parasitic (par″ă-sit′ĭk)
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Parasite." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749934/all/parasite.
Parasite. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749934/all/parasite. Accessed October 3, 2024.
Parasite. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749934/all/parasite
Parasite [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749934/all/parasite.
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