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symbiosis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (sumbí?sis, living together); synchronically, syn- +? -biosis.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /s?mba??o?s?s/, /s?mbi?o?s?s/
  • Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

symbiosis (plural symbioses)

  1. A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.
    1. (ecology) A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species that normally benefits both members. An interspecies cooperation.
  2. (biology) A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species, regardless of benefit to the members.
  3. (possibly obsolete) The state of people living together in a community.

Derived terms

  • Symbionese
  • symbiotic
  • symbiology

Related terms

  • semiosis
  • symbiont
  • symbiote

Translations

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commensals

English

Noun

commensals

  1. plural of commensal

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