Definition of ANTIBIOSIS

antibiosis

Meanings

Plural: antibioses

Noun

  • an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another
  • An association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.

Origin / Etymology

From anti- + -biosis.

Scrabble Score: 12

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Words With Friends Score: 14

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