antibiosis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From anti- +‎ -biosis.

Noun[edit]

antibiosis (plural antibioses)

(ecology) 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.

Translations[edit]

an association between organisms that is detrimental to one of them

Catalan: antibiosi (ca) f
German: Antibiose (de) f
Polish: antybioza
Portuguese: antibiose f

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