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also parasitical
as in symbiotic
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Lingering Symptoms In the emergency room, the patient was started on a medication that treats parasitic infections called Atovaquone and an antibiotic called Azithromycin for 10 days.
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Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis—both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created large whirlpools to drag its unsuspecting victims underwater.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Doctors in China inadvertently took time-series images of parasitic worms actively invading a woman's brain and causing rare and rapidly progressing lesions.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis—both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created large whirlpools to drag its unsuspecting victims underwater.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Doctors in China inadvertently took time-series images of parasitic worms actively invading a woman's brain and causing rare and rapidly progressing lesions.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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