sitio-, siti-, sito-, sit-, -sitia +
(Greek: food; eating; appetite)
An organism which lives in or on a closely related host: The adelphopgrasite is a tiny creature that can only thrive by dwelling on another closely related living thing or host.
An organism parasitic on an unrelated host organism: An alloparasite lives in or on a host organism, as with fleas or ticks on a dog.
antiparasitic (adjective), more antiparasitic, most antiparasitic
Regarding something destructive to parasites: In medical school, Susan learned about bruceolides that were anticancer and antiparasitic.
A lack of appetite; a loathing of food; anorexia: When Jill was so sick with a bad case of flu, she suffered from apositia and lost some weight.
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The condition of having no appetite for food: Tom's asitia was an indication of his dislike of food or eating anything.
One reason for having asitia is when hunger has gone on for a long time regardless of what the reason was for the initial deprivation of food.
Asitia, or the destruction of the appetite for food, may come from starvation or severe malnutrition; as seen, in the poor, who can't afford to pay for adequate nourishment.
The usually larger component of abnormal, unequally conjoined twins that is able to live independently and nourish the other parasitic component: Mrs. Lawson read about an autosite that was the developed conjoined twin that was able to support the undeveloped one.
autositic (adjective) (not comparable)
Pertaining to or of the nature of an autosite: .In the article, Mr. Hathaway read about the autositic development and behavior, which pertained to the larger one of the two conjoined twins.
An animal that obtains its food mainly by scavenging the food supplies of another species; especially, one with which it habitually lives in close proximity: A cleptoparasite is considered to be a hidden or unrecognized animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant) and it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host.
A form of social organisms in which a member of one species steals the prey or food stores of another species to feed its own progeny: Cleptoparasitism is a relationship; such as, with some wasps, whereby the female regularly usurps the prey of the other one for purposes of rearing her own offspring.
A microparasite to which the host is normally immune or well adapted; ecosite; oikosite; oecosite: A ecoparasite has developed tolerance and immunity towards the parasite over time.
A parasite that lives on the surface or exterior of the host organism; Some examples of ectoparasites are fleas, that live on the exterior of another organism. ectophytes, ectozoons, or the Demodex mites, which live in human hair and eyelashes. .
Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal: The tapeworm Trichina, for example is an endoparasite, opposed to an ectoparasite.
An endoparasite is one kind of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals, especially intestinal worms.
entoparasite, entoparasites
Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)
entoparasitic, endoparasitic
A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives within another organism.
eusitia
Having a normal appetite or having a normal desire for food.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment": alimento-; broma-; carno-; cibo-; esculent-; tropho-; Eating Crawling Snacks; Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets"; Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters; Eating: Omnivorous.
