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turnspit (medicine)


turnspit


1. One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office. "His lordship is his majesty's turnspit." (Burke)

2. <zoology> A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.

Source: Websters Dictionary


parasitic (iou)



parasitic adjective & noun. E17.
[Latin parasiticus from Greek parasitikos, from parasitos: see PARASITE noun, -IC.]
A. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of parasites; of the Nature of a parasite; living in or on an organism as a parasite. E17.
b. Of a condition, disease, etc.: caused by parasites. M19.
parasitic bronchitis hoose. parasitic stomatitis = THRUSH noun2 1.
Attached or adjacent to something and subsidiary to it. E19.
T. H. Huxley Mount Etna..having its flanks studded with parasitic cones.
Philology. Of a sound or letter: developed out of or added to an adjacent sound, not original, (e.g. d in thunder). L19.
Occurring as an unwanted accompaniment or by-product, esp. in electronic devices and electrical machinery. L19.
Of an aerial: not electrically connected to a transmitter or receiver. M20.
b. noun. Electronics, in pl. Parasitic oscillations. M20.
parasitical adjective parasitic L16.
parasitically adverb M17.
parasiticalness noun E18.