Disease and Parasite

Disease

Disease noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.

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Parasite and disease are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parasite" instead a noun "Disease".

Nearby Word: diseased

Parasite noun - A person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return.

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Disease and parasite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disease" instead a noun "Parasite".

certain	certain disease	certain parasite
alien	alien disease	alien parasite
nasty	nasty disease	nasty parasite
horrible	horrible disease	horrible parasite
Other adjectives: black, social, new, mental, deadly, fatal, virulent, unknown, titular, strange, said, magical, life-threatening, eponymous, fungal.

Artistic License Biology: One of the classes you can pick for your disease to be is "parasite".

Source: Video Game / Pandemic
The Bay revolves around a coastal town being almost wiped out by a disease caused by a mutated fish parasite.

Source: The Plague
Feeding on blood creates a link between the vampire's parasite and the victim, and the victim dies of something resembling mad cow disease within weeks courtesy of the parasite snacking on their brain.

Source: Vampire Bites Suck

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