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parasitism

(i) Feeding by one organism on the cells of a second organism, which is usually larger than the first. The parasite is, to some extent, dependent on the host at whose expense it is maintained. (ii) An association whereby one organism (parasite) lives in or on another organism (host) and benefits at the expense of the host.

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