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Noun: parasitism  'pa-ru-si`ti-zum
  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)

Derived forms: parasitisms

Type of: interdependence, interdependency, mutuality

Encyclopedia: Parasitism

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