Definition of "parasitic" []

• Of, relating to, or characteristic of a parasite. (adjective)
• Caused by a parasite: parasitic diseases. (adjective)

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• "The term parasitic grid or parasitic network appears to originate from a single British Telecomm (BT) researcher named Peter Cochrane."
• "This particular type was what we call a parasitic set of twins -- like any parasite, where one being is living off of the other."
• "This kind of completeness is rare in parasitic twins, especially among fetus in fetu, which tend not to be "alive" in the sense we think of, but rather a sort of growth in human form."