non-parasitic
Not feeding off others
Non-parasitic describes organisms or relationships that don't depend on exploiting a host for survival.
A non-parasitic plant produces its own food through photosynthesis rather than stealing nutrients from other plants.
In medicine, a non-parasitic cyst develops from causes other than parasitic infection.
The term appears most often in biological and medical contexts: non-parasitic worms, non-parasitic liver disease.
Self-sustaining in nature
- symbioticMutually dependent relationship
- mutualisticBeneficial to both parties
- commensalHarmless biological freeloader
- independentFree from external control
autotrophic · decomposer · saprophyte · beneficial · self-sustaining · predatory · photosynthetic · nitrogen-fixing
Free from external control
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- self-reliantAble to provide independently
- productiveGenerating useful output
contributing · reciprocal · equitable · mutual · balanced · symbiotic · cooperative · fair
Not harmful or threatening
- harmlessCausing no injury
- non-infectiousCannot be caught
- self-limitingAutomatically constraining its scope
- asymptomaticDiseased without outward signs
localized · non-invasive · sterile · uninfected · healthy · normal · non-communicable · endemic
free-living
Self-sustaining in nature
- symbioticMutually dependent relationship
- mutualisticBeneficial to both parties
- commensalHarmless biological freeloader
independent · autotrophic · decomposer · saprophyte · beneficial · self-sustaining · predatory · photosynthetic · nitrogen-fixing · epiphytic
independent
Free from external control
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- self-reliantAble to provide independently
productive · contributing · reciprocal · equitable · mutual · balanced · symbiotic · cooperative · fair · give-and-take
benign
Not harmful or threatening
- harmlessCausing no injury
- non-infectiousCannot be caught
- self-limitingAutomatically constraining its scope
asymptomatic · localized · non-invasive · sterile · uninfected · healthy · normal · non-communicable · endemic · indigenous
non-parasiticparasitic
Exploiting a host organism
parasitical · bloodsucking · exploitative · pathogenic · symbiotic
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Exploiting a host organism
parasitical · freeloading · leeching · exploitative · mooching
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