Unscramble

p 3 a 1 r 1 a 1 s 1 i 1 t 1 i 1 s 1 m 3

10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)

originFrom parasite + -ism. Cognate with French parasitisme and Portuguese and Spanish parasitismo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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