1 caused by a parasite:
a parasitic disease / infection
2 living on another animal or plant and getting its food from it:
a parasitic mite / worm
3 (disapproving) (of a person) always relying on or benefiting from other people and giving nothing back:
She lives a parasitic existence, constantly borrowing money from her friends.
parasitically adverb
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