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parasitize, v.|ˈpærəsaɪˌtaɪz, ˈpærəsɪˌtaɪz|
[f. parasite n. + -ize.]
trans. and intr. To infest as a parasite. Chiefly in pa. pple., infested with parasites. Also fig.
a1890in Cent. Dict., Fish parasitized are termed lanthorn-sprats. [Cf. F. Day Brit. Fishes (1880–4) II. 233 These fishes [sprats] infested by parasites [i.e. Lernea, luminous at night-time]..being termed lanthorn-sprats.] 1895Hart in Illinois Bulletin Nat. Hist. IV. 253 The nymphs of that species (Stratyomyia norma) and of Odontomyia are parasitized by large chalcids of the genus Smicra. 1899Speaker 5 Aug. 124/1 The mosquito which has become parasitised from the blood of a malarial patient. 1915W. B. Herms Med. & Vet. Entomol. ii. 7 That an animal is parasitized does not necessarily involve it in death. 1922W. M. Wheeler Social Life Insects v. 197 Our bodies, our domestic animals and food plants, dwellings, stored foods, clothing and refuse support such numbers of greedy organisms, and we parasitize on one another to such an extent that the biologist marvels how the race can survive. Ibid. 198 The thoroughly parasitized host must abandon all hope of being an end in itself. 1934J. S. Huxley Sci. Res. & Social Needs vii. 111 New suburbs, almost all in ribbon development, have been allowed to parasitize the road. 1955Sci. Amer. Apr. 98/3 Viruses..used to be thought of solely as foreign intruders—strangers to the cells they invade and parasitize. 1956T. W. M. Cameron Parasites 235 In some cases (Leishmania) the phagocytic cells themselves are parasitized. 1970Nature 25 July 382/1 Mice were infected with..erythrocytes parasitized with the NK 65 strain of Plasmodium berghei. 1974Sci. Amer. Oct. 98/3 The estrildid finches parasitized by these two related widow-bird species are also two species of the same genus, Uraeginthus. 1977N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 21/3, 90 per cent of the caterpillars were parasitised. |