paralyzing

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Nematodes are among the planet's most abundant animals, "free-living" in water, soil and the Earth's crust in addition to parasitizing a large collection of plant and animal species.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

Yeah, it's this organism whose lifecycle depends on parasitizing other organisms, and it can infect pretty much all mammals.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2022

It is also terrifying in part because it preys on caregivers and loved ones, parasitizing the humanity of those who care for and come into close contact with the ill.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2014

That makes it easy to forget that more than 1,300 species hang in forests year-round, parasitizing thousands of tree species around the world.

From Scientific American • Dec. 21, 2012

It's always been there, anchored in the same cells, parasitizing the same sensitive tissues that carry our olfactory nerve endings, numbing them and crippling them, making them practically useless as sensory organs.

From The Coffin Cure by Nourse, Alan Edward