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Parasitized vs Unparasitized - What's the difference?

parasitized | unparasitized |

As a verb parasitized

is (parasitize).

As an adjective unparasitized is

not having been parasitized.

parasitized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (parasitize)

    • parasitize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * parasitise (UK )

    Verb

    (parasitiz)
  • To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.

    • Derived terms

    * parasitization * parasitism

    unparasitized

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not having been parasitized.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 26, author=Natalie Angier, title=In Parasite Survival, Ploys to Get Help From a Host, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=As a result, infected pill bugs end up being eaten by birds at a far higher rate than are their unparasitized peers, and the thorn-headed worm lives on. }}