English Explanatory Dictionary

parasitic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
Exploiting another for personal gain.
Of emotional damages: accompanying a physical or pecuniary injury.

noun

A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.

Pronunciation

/ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/ /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/ [ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk] En-us-parasitic.ogg [ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk]

Word forms

parasitic more parasitic most parasitic parasitical parasitics

Etymology

From parasite + -ic.

Derived words

alloparasitic antiparasitic autoparasitic biparasitic brood-parasitic chemicoparasitic circumparasitic ectoparasitic endoparasitic entomoparasitic epiparasitic extraparasitic haemoparasitic hemiparasitic hemoparasitic holoparasitic hyperparasitic imparasitic intraparasitic kleptoparasitic macroparasitic mesoparasitic microparasitic monoparasitic multiparasitic mycoparasitic neuroparasitic nonparasitic parasitical parasitically parasiticalness parasitic drag parasitic element parasitic gap periparasitic phytoparasitic polyparasitic postparasitic preparasitic self-parasitic semiparasitic superparasitic uniparasitic unparasitic xenoparasitic zoöparasitic zooparasitic

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