All 9 Uses
parasitic
in
The Andromeda Strain
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- He had done parasitic research all over the world; his work had led to the discovery of the Brazilian tapeworm, Taenia renzi, which he had characterized in a paper in 1953.†
Chpt 5
- Within the hospital he was known as a superb clinical bacteriologist, but his real interest remained parasites.†
Chpt 5 *
- Subsections bacterial, viral, parasitic, other.†
Chpt 9
- Other parasites did the same thing.†
Chpt 11
- Because any parasite that kills its host is a failure.†
Chpt 16
- The successful parasites were those that could live off the host without killing him.†
Chpt 16
- And the most successful hosts were those that could tolerate the parasite, or even turn it to advantage, to make it work for the host.†
Chpt 16
- Schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection, shows a preference for bladder, intestine, or colonic vessels—depending on the species.†
Chpt 23
- And parasites.†
Chpt 26
Definitions:
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(1)
(parasite) a species that lives on (or in) another species and eats from it without providing return benefit
or:
a person who lives off others' efforts without providing return benefit to them - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)