parasitism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: parasitism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for parasitism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parasitism n 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)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parasitism \Par"a*si`tism\, n. [Cf. F. parasitisme.] 1. The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite. [bd]Court parasitism.[b8] --Milton. 2. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.)The state of being parasitic.