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parasitization|pærəsɪtaɪˈzeɪʃən, pærəsaɪtaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. parasitize v. + -ation.]
The infestation of a plant or animal by a parasite.
1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth i. 38 Parasitization of Inachus with Sacculina..actually increases the growth-ratio of the female abdomen. 1946Nature 3 Aug. 174/1 A team of workers is co-operating on different aspects of the work, namely, rate of growth, parasitization-rates and mortality. 1950Hilgardia XIX. 422 There was a slight drop in the population (probably due to Apanteles parasitization). 1953New Biol. XIV. 100 Parasitization of the larvae [of wheat blossom midges] does not prevent them from feeding. 1962Gordon & Lavoipierre Entomol. for Students of Med. xxxii. 201 A few days after parasitisation has occurred the site occupied in the skin by the larva assumes the appearance of a boil-like swelling. 1975Nature 29 May 403/1, I examined the effects of parasitisation on tumorigenesis by parasitising vg tu28 larvae. |