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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of parasitize.

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Examples

  • The myth of the self-reliant private sector parasitized by the evil gummint exists at roughly a kindergarten level of comprehension and should be mocked accordingly. pseudonymous in nc Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » The Looming Public Pension Disaster 2010

  • The virus, in effect, was no more than an accidental courier for a gene that had originated in a cancer cell—a parasite parasitized by cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • The virus, in effect, was no more than an accidental courier for a gene that had originated in a cancer cell—a parasite parasitized by cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • The virus, in effect, was no more than an accidental courier for a gene that had originated in a cancer cell—a parasite parasitized by cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • In fact, when Aeby put butterfly fish into a tank with healthy and parasitized corals, 80 percent of their bites were directed to the sick coral.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Altered behavior of parasitized killifish increases susceptibility to predation by bird final hosts.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Another participant wandering among the tomato plants discovered a caterpillar with parasitized white wasp eggs on it.

    These Weeds Aren't Made for Whacking 2009

  • When hornworms are parasitized by the wasp Cotesia congregata, however, they take a different path.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Odors of parasitized males induce aversive responses in female mice.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • She dissected them to check for parasites and found that the parasitized pill bugs turned up in the nests far more often than they should have.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

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