parasite

Example Sentences

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The Pennon Group, which owns the utility, said the parasite outbreak contributed to a nearly £40m bill for the company.

From BBC

His team wondered whether regularly soaking in hot springs might also influence the parasites and microscopic organisms that live on and inside the monkeys.

From Science Daily

Because now I was saddled with a parasite of a partner.

From Literature

So long as human bodies are fallible to disease, we will need labs studying viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites to see which ones could cause major problems.

From Salon

To begin the experiment, researchers placed marks on the fish that resembled parasites.

From Science Daily