adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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disease
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But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill.
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Giardia lamblia is a protozoa, a single-celled animal, responsible for one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in the world.
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It is not surprising that the mortality due to feather pecking, cannibalism and parasitic diseases can be disturbingly high.
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The organisation's Chemical Synthesis Programme, launched in March 1982, aims to develop new drugs to treat parasitic diseases .
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They suffer from many parasitic diseases , and have high levels of infant and child mortality.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Parasitic beetles often make their homes in the nests of ants.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both free-living and parasitic phases of the life cycle are similar to those of the bovine species.
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Brood parasitic birds are becoming favoured examples in studies of coevolution.
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Destructiveness and self-doubt are preferable to the enfeebled body politic and the parasitic Church.
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It is only the female Ergasilus which is parasitic to fish.
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The free-living and parasitic stages are similar to those of Ostertagia.
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The more violent the oscillations the greater the amount of parasitic genetic material.
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The vector of the parasitic worm is a tiny crustacean, Cyclops.
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Urban elites are economically parasitic but politically dominant.