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FACULTATIVE PARASITE

\fˈakəltətˌɪv pˈaɹəsˌa͡ɪt], \fˈakəltətˌɪv pˈaɹəsˌa‍ɪt], \f_ˈa_k_ə_l_t_ə_t_ˌɪ_v p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_s_ˌaɪ_t]\

Definitions of FACULTATIVE PARASITE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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One normally parasitic, but capable of living alone.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A p. that is not confined to any particular animal organism.
A p. which can only satisfy the conditions of its life in the animal organism, but which nevertheless leaves it at a certain period of its existence.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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