Antibiosis
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antibiosis is a noun meaning (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.
Meaning
(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.
Word Forms
- antibioses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include xenobiosis, amensalism, epibiosis, symbiosis, aposymbiosis, isoantagonism.
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