Wrong.

I'm being pedantic for the sake of being a dick.

`In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.`

Between species

Libtard begone

You're widening the Definition of a word in order to encompass a parallel phenomenon in order to win an argument

Does not say they have to be necessarily different species.

I'm not widening the definition at all. The definition of a parasite is based on function. A fetus is functionally a parasite.

I'm not saying that's a bad thing.

No, it is functionally a fetus

That is true.

And a fetus is functionally a parasite.

That doesn't mean it's bad.

You're diluting the concept to an overly simplistic one

Not at all.

Believe whatever you want, you're wrong.

I'm out. Tired of your shit.

There is no NEED to call a fetus a parasite, other than to be pedantic and be anti-natalist

@Grodd `The dictionary definition of a parasite is:

"An organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.

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A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host.
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/about.html

@Ondsinet I'm not even going off of the dictionary at this point.

Everyone knows what a parasite is

And everyone knows what a fetus is

Yes, and a fetus is a parasite.

You don't have to like it.

@Ondsinet I mean a fetus would fit in those definitions

Conflating the two does nothing except cause arguments

@Fitzydog science has very specific terms and definition so

A fetus fulfills EVERY criteria of a parasite.

@Capitán Alatriste different species

I'm not making a moral argument.

@Ondsinet He's conflating the two just to make us argue

Cause he's a fucking kike

@Fitzydog
@Grodd
@Capitán Alatriste

Sorry too long

1 min

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Oh nvm

`There are at least 10 scientific distinctions between a parasite and a fetus (bolds & italics added for easy perusal):

A parasite is an organism of one species that lives in or on an organism of another species and receives nourishment from the host.

Parasites are invasive organism that come from an outside or external source. A fetus comes from an inside or internal source (ie fertilized egg)

Parasites are generally harmful to the hosts, fetuses may make a pregnant woman experience adverse health effects, but not nearly to the same level that a parasite generally does.

A parasite makes direct contact with the host's living tissues. A fetus lives in the placenta, fed by the umbilical cord, both of which are fetal tissue (ie the cells come from the baby).

When a parasite invades a host, the host tissue will usually respond by encapsulating the parasite in order to cut it off from other surrounding tissue. In the case of a fetus, the mother’s tissue will create a lining tissue that connects, rather than cuts off contact with other tissues (placenta lining).
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Parasites usually elicit a surge of antibodies as an immunological response. With the fetus, however, a mother’s trophoblast (the shell of cells surrounding the embryo) will naturally block these antibodies so as not to reject the fetus. This reaction is only found in the embryo-mother relationship.

A parasite will generally weaken the cellular reproductive capacity of the host.For a fetus, the effect is the opposite.

Parasites generally stay with the host for life, a fetus leaves upon birth.

Parasitical relationships are mostlyharmful and unnecessary to the host, generally damaging the host in a variety of ways. A newborn (fetus post-birth) is very healthy for the mother, bringing benefits of an emotional, cognitive and chemical nature.

The most obvious one, a fetus is a human being in development. It will never become anything other than human. Even a first trimester fetus will have fully developed arms, legs, ears, facial features, sex organs and a functioning heart, as well as sufficient neurological development to feel pain. A parasite is not a human and never will be.`

A fetus isn't a parasite