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Any organism that lives on or in a host at the expense of that host?

Parasite. It is an organism that benefits by deriving nutrients at the expense of its host, which can cause harm to the host.


What does parasite mean in science?

In science, a parasite is an organism that lives in or on another organism (called the host) and benefits at the host's expense. Parasites can cause harm to the host by taking nutrients, causing disease, or even leading to death.


What is an organism that lives at the expense of its host?

Parasite


In parasitism the organism that benefits is called the?

It's the PARASITE; it's the one who benefits on this ecological relationship and the victim or the ones harmed by the host is called the HOST. It's not MeredithViera of " Who wants to be a Millionaire?" game.


What is meant by true parasite?

A true parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host organism and derives nutrients from the host, often at the expense of the host's health. True parasites are dependent on the host for survival and reproduce within or on the host organism.


What is a what is s parasite?

A parasite lives on another organism (host) at the expense of the host. The host is being harmed while the parasite is benefiting.


What is an organism living in or another organism?

A parasite is an organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and benefits at the expense of the host's health or resources. Parasites can cause harm to their hosts by causing disease or feeding on their tissues.


What is a paraisite?

I'm not sure what you mean by "paraisite." Did you perhaps mean "parasite," which is an organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense?


What is the difference between a parasite and a host?

A host is an organism that the parasite lives on. In other words the parasite may use the host's resources in a negative way. For example: A tick living off the blood of a human. The tick is the parasite and the human is the host. The tick lives off the blood of the human.


What is the differences between a virus a host and a parasite?

A virus is a small infectious agent that can only replicate inside the living cells of an organism. A host is an organism that provides nourishment and a habitat for another organism. A parasite is an organism that lives on or inside another organism (the host) and benefits at the host's expense.


What is the name of the relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it called?

An organism that lives on or in a host and harms it is usually called a parasite. When the relationship mutually beneficial instead of harmful, it is called a symbiote.


What is it called when an organism lives off of another?

When an organism lives off of another organism, it is called parasitism. The organism benefiting is the parasite, while the one being harmed is the host.