Parasite (disambiguation)

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Parasite may mean:

• An ancient Greek professional guest, from Greek παράσιτος parasitos = "one who eats from another's table", literally "one who is beside the bread". A parasitos was a sycophant who dined at the tables of the rich. This is the original meaning of the word "parasite".
• Some sorts of organism which lives on or in another organism; see parasitism
• Parasitism (social offense), a derogatory term denoting a member of human society who is considered to be detrimental to others by taking advantage of them in some way.
• Parasite (film), a horror movie starring Demi Moore
• Parasite (comics), a comic book character and enemy of Superman
• Parasite (band), a British band
• Parasite (artist), the artist name of UK breakcore producer Armin Elsaesser
• Parasites (band), an American pop-punk band
• Parasite (Heroes), the 18th episode of NBC's show Heroes
• "Parasite", a song by Nick Drake on his 1972 album Pink Moon.
• "Parasite", a song by Kiss on their 1974 album Hotter Than Hell
• "Parasites", a song by Ugly Casanova from their album Sharpen Your Teeth